Gourvieille
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 15.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gourvieille (INSEE 11166) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 68 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 15.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 7,173 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.64 | 5 | 3.18 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 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
Population 58 (2012) → 68 (2023): 17.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 43 (1990) → 68 (2023): 58.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 44, of which 18.2 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Labastide-d'Anjou): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Michel-de-Lanès): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Avignonet-Lauragais): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Salles-sur-l'Hers): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Avignonet-Lauragais): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the MONTFERRAND weather station, 3.5 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 250 m. [12]
The village sits 60 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 14 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. [12]
That station sits 90 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 744 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at MONTFERRAND, 3.5 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11166/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11166/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11166/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11166/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11178
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11359
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 31037
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11371
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacapelle-Pinet | 81 | 93 km NE | 67 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bissey-la-Pierre | 21 | 542 km N | 67 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 % |
| Montégut-en-Couserans | 09 | 69 km SW | 70 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pierrefitte | 23 | 314 km N | 67 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Motte-Feuilly | 36 | 357 km N | 67 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Corribert | 51 | 641 km N | 66 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montégut-en-Couserans | 09 | 69 km SW | 70 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lacapelle-Pinet | 81 | 93 km NE | 67 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 % |
| Pierrefitte | 23 | 314 km N | 67 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Motte-Feuilly | 36 | 357 km N | 67 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Bissey-la-Pierre | 21 | 542 km N | 67 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 % |
| Corribert | 51 | 641 km N | 66 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Gourvieille'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers | 11 | 11 km S | 75 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Aubézies | 32 | 135 km W | 60 | 6.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sauvimont | 32 | 67 km W | 65 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chourgnac | 24 | 219 km N | 69 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aigues-Juntes | 09 | 40 km SW | 59 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sère | 32 | 92 km W | 78 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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