Labécède-Lauragais

Identity

Labécède-Lauragais (INSEE 11181) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 420 (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/11181-labecede-lauragais

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,991 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LABÉCÈDE LAURAGAIS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PETIT DOMAINE ARMENGAUDS). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 425 (2012) → 420 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 317 (1990) → 420 (2023): 32.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 10.7 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Revel): 7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Peyrens): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tréville): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Revel): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Labécède-Lauragais): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LABECEDE LAURAGAIS_SAPC weather station, 1.4 km away at 408 m; the village itself is at 336 m. ^[12]

The village sits 72 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 CASTELNAUDARY, 10.6 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 176 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 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LABECEDE LAURAGAIS_SAPC, 1.4 km away at 408 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11181/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11181/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11181/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11181/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31451
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11284
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11399
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11181
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024