Malves-en-Minervois

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11215

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

Partly served 50.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Malves-en-Minervois (INSEE 11215) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 888 (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 50.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 15,029 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.75	10	7.54
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MALVES EN MINERVOIS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MALVES-EN-MINERVOIS). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE PERRET	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MALVES EN MINERVOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MALVES-EN-MINERVOIS	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

1968: 295 2023: 888 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 821 (2012) → 888 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 708 (1990) → 888 (2023): 25.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 4.2 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.3 km WBakery — 2.5 km WGP — 3.2 km NW 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 (Villalier): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Malves-en-Minervois): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Conques-sur-Orbiel): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villalier): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Malves-en-Minervois): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.7

Muggy days a summer 9.9

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAURE-MINERVOIS weather station, 6.4 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CAUNES-MINERVOIS, 9.7 km away at 371 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 244 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CONQUES-SUR-ORBIEL, 4.6 km away at 120 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 — 11215/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11215/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11215/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11215/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11410
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11099
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
Le Pin	44	558 km NW	868	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 72 %
Loiré	49	554 km NW	900	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 82 %
Verzé	71	392 km NE	875	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Lasbordes	11	32 km W	846	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Les Cerqueux	49	482 km NW	897	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 85 %
Clessé	71	399 km NE	829	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lasbordes	11	32 km W	846	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Verzé	71	392 km NE	875	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Clessé	71	399 km NE	829	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Les Cerqueux	49	482 km NW	897	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 85 %
Loiré	49	554 km NW	900	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 82 %
Le Pin	44	558 km NW	868	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 72 %

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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 Malves-en-Minervois'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
La Croix-Blanche	47	182 km NW	1,075	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Conilhac-Corbières	11	23 km E	954	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Hautefage-la-Tour	47	179 km NW	1,029	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Escales	11	21 km E	512	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba	47	183 km NW	721	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montséret	11	34 km SE	616	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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