Les Ilhes
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 12.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Les Ilhes (INSEE 11174) is in Aude (11), part of CC de la Montagne Noire. Population 64 (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 12.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 6,681 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.33 | 10 | 3.31 |
| Housing mix | 0.18 | 5 | 0.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LA PAUSE). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 | 1 | LA PAUSE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 48 (2012) → 64 (2023): 33.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 77 (1990) → 64 (2023): -16.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 61, of which 41 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lastours): 2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mas-Cabardès): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Cuxac-Cabardès): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Villeneuve-Minervois): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Lastours): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 13 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CAUNES-MINERVOIS weather station, 8.5 km away at 371 m; the village itself is at 238 m. [12]
The village sits 133 m below 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 8 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CAUNES-MINERVOIS, 8.5 km away at 371 m, over 19 summers. [12]
That station sits 133 m above 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 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CONQUES-SUR-ORBIEL, 8.1 km away at 120 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 — 11174/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11174/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11174/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11174/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11194
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11222
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11115
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11433
- 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-Germain-près-Herment | 63 | 265 km N | 60 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 30 % · humidity 43 % |
| Cargiaca | 2A | 575 km E | 64 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saugeot | 39 | 452 km NE | 56 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Zoza | 2A | 577 km E | 66 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Châteauneuf-d'Entraunes | 06 | 368 km E | 62 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze | 19 | 231 km N | 64 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 16 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze | 19 | 231 km N | 64 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 16 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Germain-près-Herment | 63 | 265 km N | 60 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 30 % · humidity 43 % |
| Châteauneuf-d'Entraunes | 06 | 368 km E | 62 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saugeot | 39 | 452 km NE | 56 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Cargiaca | 2A | 575 km E | 64 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 % |
| Zoza | 2A | 577 km E | 66 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Les Ilhes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boule-d'Amont | 66 | 88 km S | 63 | 6.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Calmeilles | 66 | 92 km S | 60 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Créac | 32 | 142 km NW | 86 | 14 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mayronnes | 11 | 35 km S | 42 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avezan | 32 | 140 km NW | 86 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louslitges | 32 | 181 km W | 63 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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