Pech-Luna
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 5.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pech-Luna (INSEE 11278) is in Aude (11), part of CC Piège Lauragais Malepère. Population 76 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 5.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 6 % of the 8,064 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.32 | 10 | 3.17 |
| Housing mix | 0.31 | 5 | 1.57 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 100 (2012) → 76 (2023): -24 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 93 (1990) → 76 (2023): -18.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 70, of which 34.3 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Belpech): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Belpech): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Belpech): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Salles-sur-l'Hers): 9.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Gaja-la-Selve): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CASTELNAUDARY weather station, 13.1 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 329 m. [11]
The village sits 169 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 13.1 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. [11]
That station sits 169 m below 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 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at RIBOUISSE, 5.6 km away at 302 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 — 11278/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11278/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11278/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11278/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11033
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11371
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11159
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bresson | 30 | 167 km NE | 73 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 % |
| Grandrupt | 88 | 702 km NE | 74 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 % |
| Coudehard | 61 | 639 km N | 77 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Caprais | 46 | 164 km N | 75 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 % |
| Billy-lès-Chanceaux | 21 | 531 km NE | 72 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 % |
| Bésignan | 26 | 305 km NE | 76 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Caprais | 46 | 164 km N | 75 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Bresson | 30 | 167 km NE | 73 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 % |
| Bésignan | 26 | 305 km NE | 76 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 % |
| Billy-lès-Chanceaux | 21 | 531 km NE | 72 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 % |
| Coudehard | 61 | 639 km N | 77 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Grandrupt | 88 | 702 km NE | 74 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Pech-Luna'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-de-Belvès | 24 | 180 km N | 78 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cladech | 24 | 188 km N | 86 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Jean | 24 | 227 km N | 82 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lafage | 11 | 4.9 km S | 90 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villautou | 11 | 6.4 km S | 68 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Croix | 24 | 188 km NW | 89 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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