Luc-sur-Orbieu

Aude · CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois · INSEE 11210

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

Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luc-sur-Orbieu (INSEE 11210) is in Aude (11), part of CC Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. Population 1,173 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 13,342 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA LUCIOLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIA DANIELA STUPINEAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE JEAN-PIERRE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LUC-SUR-ORBIEU). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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	1	LA LUCIOLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARIA DANIELA STUPINEAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE JEAN-PIERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 LUC-SUR-ORBIEU	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	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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: 728 2023: 1,173 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,107 (2012) → 1,173 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 726 (1990) → 1,173 (2023): 61.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 632, of which 6.6 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.6 km NEBakery — 2.8 km N 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 (Lézignan-Corbières): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cruscades): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Luc-sur-Orbieu): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Luc-sur-Orbieu): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Luc-sur-Orbieu): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.9

Days at or below 0 °C 15.8▸

Muggy days a summer 11.8▸

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES weather station, 4.8 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 4.8 km away at 60 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 627 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES, 4.8 km away at 60 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11210/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11210/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11210/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11210/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11203
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11210
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
Couchey	21	485 km N	1,103	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 42 % · humidity 21 %
Macornay	39	442 km NE	1,025	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 %
Tercis-les-Bains	40	319 km W	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Machilly	74	442 km NE	1,152	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Martin-du-Tertre	89	561 km N	1,536	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 59 % · humidity 29 %
Toussus-le-Noble	78	621 km N	1,172	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 62 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tercis-les-Bains	40	319 km W	1,359	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Machilly	74	442 km NE	1,152	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %
Macornay	39	442 km NE	1,025	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 %
Couchey	21	485 km N	1,103	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 42 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Martin-du-Tertre	89	561 km N	1,536	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 59 % · humidity 29 %
Toussus-le-Noble	78	621 km N	1,172	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 62 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Luc-sur-Orbieu'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
Ornaisons	11	4.3 km E	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Peyriac-Minervois	11	22 km NW	1,123	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Azille	11	15 km NW	1,115	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Redorte	11	13 km NW	1,238	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cruscades	11	2.7 km NE	936	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villalier	11	32 km W	972	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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