Moussan

Aude · CA Le Grand Narbonne · INSEE 11258

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

Few services 39.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moussan (INSEE 11258) is in Aude (11), part of CA Le Grand Narbonne. Population 2,093 (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/11258-moussan

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 9,309 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHARLOT MARIE-AMELIE). ^[4,3]

2 × Restaurant (LA CASCADE · CHEZ CECILE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LE MOUSS'). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIE P CARPANTIER). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MOUSSAN). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LA BOITE A TIFS). ^[4,3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CHARLOT MARIE-AMELIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LA CASCADE · CHEZ CECILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	LE MOUSS'	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE MARIE P CARPANTIER	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MOUSSAN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	LA BOITE A TIFS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 851 2023: 2,093 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,818 (2012) → 2,093 (2023): 15.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,102 (1990) → 2,093 (2023): 89.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,048, of which 5.9 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.0 km WBakery — 2.2 km WPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Marcorignan): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moussan): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marcorignan): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sallèles-d'Aude): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Moussan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.6

Days at or below 0 °C 11.3▸

Muggy days a summer 18▸

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

Measured at the NARBONNE-EGASSIAIRAL weather station, 8 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at NARBONNE, 8.9 km away at 110 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 62 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 539 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NARBONNE-EGASSIAIRAL, 8 km away at 5 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 — 11258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11369
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
Ortaffa	66	72 km S	1,980	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Belcodène	13	214 km E	2,009	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %
Presles-en-Brie	77	610 km N	2,369	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Rougiers	83	236 km E	1,697	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 %
Loivre	51	685 km N	1,442	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Yzernay	49	510 km NW	1,855	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ortaffa	66	72 km S	1,980	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Belcodène	13	214 km E	2,009	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %
Rougiers	83	236 km E	1,697	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 %
Yzernay	49	510 km NW	1,855	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Presles-en-Brie	77	610 km N	2,369	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Loivre	51	685 km N	1,442	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · 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 Moussan'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
Ortaffa	66	72 km S	1,980	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vinassan	11	11 km E	2,662	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bizanet	11	9.7 km SW	1,730	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Armissan	11	13 km E	1,461	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Névian	11	4.1 km SW	1,286	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Palau-del-Vidre	66	73 km S	3,329	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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