La Force

Aude · CC Piège Lauragais Malepère · INSEE 11153

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 39.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Force (INSEE 11153) is in Aude (11), part of CC Piège Lauragais Malepère. Population 264 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,458 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CAMIONNETTE D'ODETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUX 6 EME SENS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA CAMIONNETTE D'ODETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	AUX 6 EME SENS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 154 2023: 264 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 206 (2012) → 264 (2023): 28.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 140 (1990) → 264 (2023): 88.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 148, of which 12.8 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km EFood shop — 3.9 km EGP — 3.9 km EPharmacy — 3.9 km E 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 (La Force): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montréal): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montréal): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montréal): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Force): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35

Days at or below 0 °C 17.4▸

Muggy days a summer 14.6▸

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FANJEAUX_SAPC weather station, 2.1 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 204 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALAIGNE, 9.1 km away at 293 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 89 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 618 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FANJEAUX_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 182 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11153/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11153/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11153/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11153/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11254
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
Saint-Gilles	71	457 km NE	286	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Luc-sur-Aude	11	30 km SE	257	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Rouède	31	100 km W	285	36.7	Few services	no figures
Petitmagny	90	627 km NE	315	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 27 % · humidity 0 %
Boulogne-sur-Helpe	59	778 km N	291	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-André-en-Royans	38	334 km NE	342	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 26 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Luc-sur-Aude	11	30 km SE	257	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Rouède	31	100 km W	285	36.7	Few services	no figures
Saint-André-en-Royans	38	334 km NE	342	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 26 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Gilles	71	457 km NE	286	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Petitmagny	90	627 km NE	315	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 27 % · humidity 0 %
Boulogne-sur-Helpe	59	778 km N	291	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %

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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 La Force'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
Parbayse	64	214 km W	316	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lasserre-de-Prouille	11	1.9 km S	292	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bahus-Soubiran	40	205 km W	394	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Béraut	32	158 km NW	299	9.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-lès-Montréal	11	2.1 km SE	330	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villesiscle	11	3.8 km N	362	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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