Fontcouverte

Aude · CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois · INSEE 11148

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 35/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontcouverte (INSEE 11148) is in Aude (11), part of CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. Population 575 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11148-fontcouverte

Vitality score

Vitality score 35/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,327 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FONTCOUVERTE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FONTCOUVERTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NEGRE KATYA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	FONTCOUVERTE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FONTCOUVERTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	NEGRE KATYA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 397 2023: 575 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 518 (2012) → 575 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 333 (1990) → 575 (2023): 72.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 353, of which 10.2 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.1 km SFood shop — 3.3 km NWPharmacy — 3.4 km NWBakery — 3.6 km S Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Fabrezan): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moux): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fabrezan): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Moux): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fontcouverte): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.9

Days at or below 0 °C 15.8▸

Muggy days a summer 11.8▸

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES weather station, 3.2 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 3.2 km away at 60 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 627 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 3.2 km away at 60 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11148
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Peyrus	26	274 km NE	576	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 %
Leigné-les-Bois	86	429 km N	547	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Gueures	76	754 km N	522	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 21 %
Lésigny	86	436 km N	524	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 %
Ormoy	89	536 km N	638	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 47 % · humidity 29 %
Les Choux	45	515 km N	530	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 32 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Peyrus	26	274 km NE	576	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 %
Leigné-les-Bois	86	429 km N	547	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Lésigny	86	436 km N	524	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 %
Les Choux	45	515 km N	530	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 32 % · humidity 21 %
Ormoy	89	536 km N	638	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 47 % · humidity 29 %
Gueures	76	754 km N	522	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 21 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Fontcouverte's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontiès-d'Aude	11	19 km W	560	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Aigues-Vives	11	15 km NW	532	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Escales	11	6.2 km N	512	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Roubia	11	13 km NE	520	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rustiques	11	18 km W	538	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montséret	11	12 km SE	616	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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