Labastide-Esparbairenque
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 8.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Labastide-Esparbairenque (INSEE 11180) is in Aude (11), part of CC de la Montagne Noire. Population 66 (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 8.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 6,927 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.2 | 10 | 2.02 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 84 (2012) → 66 (2023): -21.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 94 (1990) → 66 (2023): -29.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 81, of which 54.3 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lastours): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mas-Cabardès): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Cuxac-Cabardès): 8.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Villeneuve-Minervois): 9.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Mas-Cabardès): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CASTANS weather station, 8.5 km away at 650 m; the village itself is at 425 m. [12]
The village sits 225 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 6 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CAUNES-MINERVOIS, 8.7 km away at 371 m, over 19 summers. [12]
That station sits 54 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 1,430 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CASTANS, 8.5 km away at 650 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 — 11180/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11180/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11180/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11180/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Plagnal | 07 | 192 km NE | 66 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Rusio | 2B | 571 km E | 65 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Chassignolles | 43 | 241 km N | 64 | 1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Alban-en-Montagne | 07 | 191 km NE | 63 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Conat | 66 | 86 km S | 65 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière | 63 | 260 km N | 63 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conat | 66 | 86 km S | 65 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Alban-en-Montagne | 07 | 191 km NE | 63 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Le Plagnal | 07 | 192 km NE | 66 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Chassignolles | 43 | 241 km N | 64 | 1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière | 63 | 260 km N | 63 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Rusio | 2B | 571 km E | 65 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · 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 Labastide-Esparbairenque'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miraval-Cabardès | 11 | 3.9 km W | 59 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Boisset | 34 | 25 km E | 43 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poggio-Marinaccio | 2B | 576 km E | 38 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sauvagnac | 16 | 297 km NW | 66 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Béhorléguy | 64 | 286 km W | 66 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Véraza | 11 | 45 km S | 35 | 3.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
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