Lespinassière
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lespinassière (INSEE 11200) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 139 (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 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 13,473 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 | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.24 |
| Housing mix | 0.18 | 5 | 0.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LES ARDEILLES). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LESPINASSIÈRE). [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, Post office / agence postale. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LES ARDEILLES | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LESPINASSIÈRE | 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
Population 124 (2012) → 139 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 105 (1990) → 139 (2023): 32.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 161, of which 41 % second homes and 13 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Labastide-Rouairoux): 10.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Albine): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Caunes-Minervois): 8.7 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Amans-Soult): 9 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Albine): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CASTANS weather station, 3.5 km away at 650 m; the village itself is at 502 m. [12]
The village sits 148 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 5 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CAUNES-MINERVOIS, 9.1 km away at 371 m, over 19 summers. [12]
That station sits 131 m below 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 1,430 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CASTANS, 3.5 km away at 650 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11200/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11200/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11200/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11200/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81115
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81005
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11081
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 81238
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dracy-lès-Couches | 71 | 419 km N | 152 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Eup | 31 | 159 km W | 139 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lesquerde | 66 | 67 km S | 141 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Andéol-de-Berg | 07 | 202 km NE | 134 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Baillestavy | 66 | 94 km S | 112 | 21.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 65 % |
| Curtil-sous-Burnand | 71 | 390 km NE | 137 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesquerde | 66 | 67 km S | 141 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Baillestavy | 66 | 94 km S | 112 | 21.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 65 % |
| Eup | 31 | 159 km W | 139 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Andéol-de-Berg | 07 | 202 km NE | 134 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Curtil-sous-Burnand | 71 | 390 km NE | 137 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dracy-lès-Couches | 71 | 419 km N | 152 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Lespinassière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraisse-Cabardès | 11 | 23 km W | 104 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Castans | 11 | 4.4 km W | 124 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Preyssac-d'Excideuil | 24 | 243 km NW | 152 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rigaud | 06 | 364 km E | 165 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villanière | 11 | 16 km SW | 152 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Castelbajac | 65 | 178 km W | 132 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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