Leucate

Aude · CA Le Grand Narbonne · INSEE 11202

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

Served 71/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Leucate (INSEE 11202) is in Aude (11), part of CA Le Grand Narbonne. Population 4,562 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 71/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 98 % of the 5,029 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	0.76	25	19.08
Social	0.98	20	19.61
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.37	5	1.87
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 6 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

11 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN GOURMAND · LA PAILLASSE PORT LEUCATOISE · LA CHOCOLATINE · LA REGALADE). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (BELAFRUIT · SARL MAISON SOUX · BELAVIANDE HALLAL). ^[3,4]

7 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CASINO · SOLES PHILIPPE MICKAEL · LE PETIT LORRAIN · TABAC-PRESSE LE NEPTUNE · SARL BRULENE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE). ^[4]

3 × Fishmonger (CALLI · RCCA · DROLES DE DAMES). ^[3,4]

108 × Restaurant (LE FESTIVAL · LOPEZ PIERRETTE · EL PORTO FINO · LE LOCO LOCO RESTO · L'ARBRE DE VIE). ^[3,4]

13 × Café / bar (VESPER · LE TEMPICO · LA PERLE MARINE BY ROSE EXPORT · HARD PUB CONCERT · L ET M). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE HELENA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE CATALA). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY DUPUY, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE GRASSET, MÉDECIN · ARIEL DILU, MÉDECIN · SYDNEY MAHE, MÉDECIN · SILVIA SUAREZ MUINOS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PORT · PHARMACIE RAYNIER). ^[3,4]

3 × Post office / agence postale (LEUCATE LA FRANQUI AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LEUCATE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CLAP CINE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LEUCATE). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE LA FRANQUI BEACH PARK · PLAGE DE LEUCATE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA CÔTE RÉVÉE · LES LAVANDIERES). ^[3,4]

7 × Campsite (CAMPINGS ET AIRES MUNICIPAUX · CAMPING CARAVANING · CAMPING GCU 11 PORT-LEUCATE · CAMPING COMME CHEZ SOI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 15 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 2 × Hairdresser, 2 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	11	LE PAIN GOURMAND · LA PAILLASSE PORT LEUCATOISE · LA CHOCOLATINE · LA REGALADE	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	BELAFRUIT · SARL MAISON SOUX · BELAVIANDE HALLAL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	7	CASINO · SOLES PHILIPPE MICKAEL · LE PETIT LORRAIN · TABAC-PRESSE LE NEPTUNE · SARL BRULENE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LA FROMAGERIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	3	CALLI · RCCA · DROLES DE DAMES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Restaurant	108	LE FESTIVAL · LOPEZ PIERRETTE · EL PORTO FINO · LE LOCO LOCO RESTO · L'ARBRE DE VIE	INSEE BPE 108 / INSEE SIRENE 170 [3,4]
Café / bar	13	VESPER · LE TEMPICO · LA PERLE MARINE BY ROSE EXPORT · HARD PUB CONCERT · L ET M	INSEE SIRENE 13 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE HELENA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE CATALA	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	THIERRY DUPUY, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE GRASSET, MÉDECIN · ARIEL DILU, MÉDECIN · SYDNEY MAHE, MÉDECIN · SILVIA SUAREZ MUINOS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DU PORT · PHARMACIE RAYNIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	3	LEUCATE LA FRANQUI AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LEUCATE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CLAP CINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LEUCATE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	2	PLAGE DE LA FRANQUI BEACH PARK · PLAGE DE LEUCATE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE D'EPARGNE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	10		INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL DE LA CÔTE RÉVÉE · LES LAVANDIERES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Campsite	7	CAMPINGS ET AIRES MUNICIPAUX · CAMPING CARAVANING · CAMPING GCU 11 PORT-LEUCATE · CAMPING COMME CHEZ SOI	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,233 2023: 4,562 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,148 (2012) → 4,562 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,177 (1990) → 4,562 (2023): 109.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 16,641, of which 83.7 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Leucate): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Leucate): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Leucate): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Leucate): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Leucate): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.9

Days at or below 0 °C 3.6▸

Muggy days a summer 27▸

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 4 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LEUCATE weather station, 2.8 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 25 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 27 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LEUCATE, 2.8 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 423 mm of rain a year, spread over 49 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LEUCATE, 2.8 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11202/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11202/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11202/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11202/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11202
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
Carnac	56	706 km NW	4,194	61.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Megève	74	435 km NE	2,893	69.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Quiberon	56	700 km NW	4,876	61.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 96 %
La Tranche-sur-Mer	85	520 km NW	3,136	66	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Gruissan	11	22 km N	5,032	61.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Neufchâtel-Hardelot	62	864 km N	4,115	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gruissan	11	22 km N	5,032	61.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Megève	74	435 km NE	2,893	69.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
La Tranche-sur-Mer	85	520 km NW	3,136	66	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Quiberon	56	700 km NW	4,876	61.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 96 %
Carnac	56	706 km NW	4,194	61.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Neufchâtel-Hardelot	62	864 km N	4,115	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Leucate'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
Cervione	2B	533 km E	2,149	66.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
La Palme	11	7.8 km N	1,995	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Port-la-Nouvelle	11	12 km N	5,852	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pradet	83	244 km E	10,933	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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