Lastours

Identity

Lastours (INSEE 11194) is in Aude (11), part of CC de la Montagne Noire. Population 144 (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/11194-lastours

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 13,781 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (EURL JMB). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE L'ORBIEL). ^[4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 166 (2012) → 144 (2023): -13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 159 (1990) → 144 (2023): -9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 115, of which 18.3 % second homes and 19.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lastours): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Salsigne): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villegailhenc): 7.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-Minervois): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lastours): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CAUNES-MINERVOIS weather station, 8.2 km away at 371 m; the village itself is at 219 m. ^[12]

The village sits 152 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, 8.2 km away at 371 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 152 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, 6.3 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11194/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11194/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11194/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11194/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11194
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11372
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11425
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11433
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024