Laurabuc

Aude · CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois · INSEE 11195

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laurabuc (INSEE 11195) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 431 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,920 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	9.97
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LAURABUC). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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		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	1	LAURABUC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LAURABUC	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 249 2023: 431 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 404 (2012) → 431 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 288 (1990) → 431 (2023): 49.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 235, of which 6.8 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 4.0 km NWPrimary school — 4.0 km NWFood shop — 5.6 km SEGP — 5.8 km SEPharmacy — 6.0 km SE 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 (Fendeille): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villasavary): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villasavary): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villasavary): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fendeille): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.7

Days at or below 0 °C 22

Muggy days a summer 9.5

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CASTELNAUDARY weather station, 7 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 191 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 7 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 684 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 7 km away at 160 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11418
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
Vignonet	33	246 km NW	459	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Ferreux-Quincey	10	592 km N	404	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Bercenay-en-Othe	10	571 km N	412	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
Manois	52	618 km NE	452	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Denoual	22	678 km NW	495	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Laurent	47	169 km NW	431	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Laurent	47	169 km NW	431	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Vignonet	33	246 km NW	459	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Bercenay-en-Othe	10	571 km N	412	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
Ferreux-Quincey	10	592 km N	404	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Manois	52	618 km NE	452	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Denoual	22	678 km NW	495	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Laurabuc'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
Fontiès-d'Aude	11	39 km E	560	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Couthures-sur-Garonne	47	208 km NW	365	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Camiran	33	225 km NW	419	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Tournissan	11	58 km E	292	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Floure	11	42 km E	405	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-Petit	47	211 km NW	620	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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