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Marseillette

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11220

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

Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marseillette (INSEE 11220) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 697 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11220-marseillette

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,420 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.58105.81
Housing mix0.7753.85

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 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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) (SARL RIZ D'ICI). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (O FIL DE L'O). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALIN STANASEL, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (MEGGA'S COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (O FIL DE L'O). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1SARL RIZ D'ICIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1O FIL DE L'OINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE NELSON MANDELAINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ALIN STANASEL, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MARSEILLETTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1MEGGA'S COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1O FIL DE L'OINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 748 2023: 697 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 687 (2012) → 697 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 645 (1990) → 697 (2023): 8.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 433, of which 11.5 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.9 km SE (Capendu)Pharmacy — 2.5 km SE (Capendu)Bakery — 3.2 km NW (Badens)
In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.9 km SEPharmacy — 2.5 km SEBakery — 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 (Badens): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Capendu): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Marseillette): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Capendu): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Marseillette): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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, 7.6 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 89 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at ARQUETTES-EN-VAL, 11.8 km away at 240 m, over 18 summers. [11]

That station sits 151 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 700 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CAPENDU, 1.9 km away at 79 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11220/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11220/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11220/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11220/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11068
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11220
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bellot77632 km N77750.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Villers-Guislain59762 km N68441.6Partly servedno figures
Pont-en-Royans38304 km NE80567.4ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Nizas3478 km NE66246.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Coulanges-la-Vineuse89507 km N78339.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 31 % · humidity 21 %
Verquières13204 km E77248.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nizas3478 km NE66246.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Verquières13204 km E77248.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Pont-en-Royans38304 km NE80567.4ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Coulanges-la-Vineuse89507 km N78339.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 31 % · humidity 21 %
Bellot77632 km N77750.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Villers-Guislain59762 km N68441.6Partly servedno figures

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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 Marseillette'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ornaisons1124 km E1,16145.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Barbaira113.2 km SW80541.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pomas1123 km SW1,01737.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire1122 km SW71253.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ferrals-les-Corbières1116 km E1,27545.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cruscades1122 km E93641.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %