La Palme

Aude · CA Le Grand Narbonne · INSEE 11188

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

Partly served 47.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Palme (INSEE 11188) is in Aude (11), part of CA Le Grand Narbonne. Population 1,995 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/11188-la-palme

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 9,655 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.49	20	9.89
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PALMA). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PINEIRO · CAD&SIF). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LAPALME PIZZAS · SALIN DE LA PALME · L'ECHO DES SAISONS). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIANA CORLATEANU, MÉDECIN · MIHAI-ALEXANDRU POPOVICI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU SALIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (JENNY'CREATION · PRISCILLIA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE LA PALME · CAMPING LE CLAPOTIS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PALMA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PINEIRO · CAD&SIF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	9	LAPALME PIZZAS · SALIN DE LA PALME · L'ECHO DES SAISONS	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LIANA CORLATEANU, MÉDECIN · MIHAI-ALEXANDRU POPOVICI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU SALIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	JENNY'CREATION · PRISCILLIA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	DOMAINE DE LA PALME · CAMPING LE CLAPOTIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 851 2023: 1,995 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,586 (2012) → 1,995 (2023): 25.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,009 (1990) → 1,995 (2023): 97.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,424, of which 29.1 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 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 Palme): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Palme): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Palme): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Palme): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Palme): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.9

Days at or below 0 °C 3.6▸

Muggy days a summer 27▸

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 4 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LEUCATE weather station, 8.4 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 12 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 27 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LEUCATE, 8.4 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 515 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PORT-LA-NOUVELLE, 6.6 km away at 0 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11188/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11188/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11188/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11188/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11188
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
Terre-de-Haut	971	6,756 km W	1,463	55.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Apremont	85	561 km NW	2,108	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 57 %
Tourbes	34	61 km NE	1,936	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain	14	765 km N	1,876	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Loupian	34	73 km NE	2,169	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Bassan	34	53 km NE	2,383	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bassan	34	53 km NE	2,383	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Tourbes	34	61 km NE	1,936	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Loupian	34	73 km NE	2,169	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Apremont	85	561 km NW	2,108	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 57 %
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain	14	765 km N	1,876	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Terre-de-Haut	971	6,756 km W	1,463	55.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %

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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 Palme'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
Cervione	2B	536 km E	2,149	66.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Leucate	11	7.8 km S	4,562	71	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Castellar	06	375 km E	996	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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