Lavalette

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11199

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

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavalette (INSEE 11199) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 1,612 (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/11199-lavalette

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 11,121 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FOURNEE LAVALETTOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER DE CAROLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS GOROSTIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAVALETTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LA SIGNATURE & VOUS). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA FOURNEE LAVALETTOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PANIER DE CAROLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FRANCOIS GOROSTIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAVALETTE	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	1	LA SIGNATURE & VOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 317 2023: 1,612 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,394 (2012) → 1,612 (2023): 15.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 919 (1990) → 1,612 (2023): 75.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 760, of which 2.8 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.6 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 (Lavalette): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lavalette): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lavalette): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Carcassonne): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lavalette): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.6

Days at or below 0 °C 21.9

Muggy days a summer 7.8

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 34 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 CARCASSONNE weather station, 4.1 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[10]

The village sits 59 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 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CARCASSONNE, 4.1 km away at 128 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 59 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 637 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CARCASSONNE, 4.1 km away at 128 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 — 11199/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11199/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11199/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11199/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11199
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11069
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
L'Honor-de-Cos	82	128 km NW	1,610	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny	37	485 km N	1,579	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Denicé	69	365 km NE	1,571	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Beaumont-Louestault	37	503 km N	1,813	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Miribel-les-Échelles	38	370 km NE	1,713	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 3 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon	01	405 km NE	1,890	49.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
L'Honor-de-Cos	82	128 km NW	1,610	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Denicé	69	365 km NE	1,571	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Miribel-les-Échelles	38	370 km NE	1,713	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 3 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon	01	405 km NE	1,890	49.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny	37	485 km N	1,579	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Beaumont-Louestault	37	503 km N	1,813	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Lavalette'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
Lussac	33	272 km NW	1,151	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Montagne	33	273 km NW	1,510	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye	33	310 km NW	1,879	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cartelègue	33	318 km NW	1,334	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare	24	232 km N	1,672	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Lalande	11	24 km NW	1,107	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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