Laurac
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Laurac (INSEE 11196) is in Aude (11), part of CC Piège Lauragais Malepère. Population 182 (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 12.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 27 % of the 15,408 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8 |
| Housing mix | 0.5 | 5 | 2.48 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 180 (2012) → 182 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 140 (1990) → 182 (2023): 30 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 131, of which 25.2 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villasavary): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villasavary): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Villasavary): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Villasavary): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Generville): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the FANJEAUX_SAPC weather station, 8.2 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 274 m. [10]
The village sits 92 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 8.9 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. [10]
That station sits 114 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at RIBOUISSE, 8.1 km away at 302 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 — 11196/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11196/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11196/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11196/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11418
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11162
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oigny-en-Valois | 02 | 672 km N | 176 | 8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Manas | 26 | 285 km NE | 180 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vatteville | 27 | 675 km N | 175 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 % |
| Grangermont | 45 | 553 km N | 175 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 66 % |
| Senaide | 88 | 606 km NE | 185 | 7.7 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Givry | 89 | 498 km N | 181 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manas | 26 | 285 km NE | 180 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Givry | 89 | 498 km N | 181 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 % |
| Grangermont | 45 | 553 km N | 175 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 66 % |
| Senaide | 88 | 606 km NE | 185 | 7.7 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Oigny-en-Valois | 02 | 672 km N | 176 | 8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Vatteville | 27 | 675 km N | 175 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · 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 Laurac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villefloure | 11 | 35 km E | 156 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cuqueron | 64 | 205 km W | 189 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mireval-Lauragais | 11 | 3.3 km NW | 193 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lieurac | 09 | 31 km SW | 181 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beauteville | 31 | 23 km NW | 193 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Molandier | 11 | 21 km W | 252 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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