Pennautier

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11279

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

Partly served 45.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pennautier (INSEE 11279) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 2,895 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11279-pennautier

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 7,324 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	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	9.95
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ALBERT). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LES CHAIS DU CHATEAU DE PENNAUTIER · BUFALA PIZZA · VENT D'OUEST · CHEZ FANNY · BLABLA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE HENRI HUON). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI HUON). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN GUILHEM, MÉDECIN · THOMAS CAVAILHES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PENNAUTIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PENNAUTIER TABAC MARTEL RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ANNE-MARIE ALMERGE PENNAUTIER). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (VEISZ JUDIT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ALBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	5	LES CHAIS DU CHATEAU DE PENNAUTIER · BUFALA PIZZA · VENT D'OUEST · CHEZ FANNY · BLABLA PIZZA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE HENRI HUON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI HUON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN GUILHEM, MÉDECIN · THOMAS CAVAILHES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE PENNAUTIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	PENNAUTIER TABAC MARTEL RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE ANNE-MARIE ALMERGE PENNAUTIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	VEISZ JUDIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,245 2023: 2,895 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,454 (2012) → 2,895 (2023): 18 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,936 (1990) → 2,895 (2023): 49.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,327, of which 1.4 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.4 km S 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 (Pennautier): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Carcassonne): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pennautier): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pennautier): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pennautier): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.6

Days at or below 0 °C 19.9

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CARCASSONNE weather station, 3.7 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CARCASSONNE, 3.7 km away at 128 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VENTENAC-CABARDES, 2.7 km away at 123 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11279/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11279/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11279/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11279/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11279
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11069
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
Seillons-Source-d'Argens	83	290 km E	2,818	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 28 % · humidity 29 %
Bouligny	55	722 km N	2,507	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Moncé-en-Belin	72	543 km N	3,697	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Diémoz	38	341 km NE	2,947	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Rosières-aux-Salines	54	671 km NE	2,810	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Labastidette	31	90 km W	2,930	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Labastidette	31	90 km W	2,930	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Seillons-Source-d'Argens	83	290 km E	2,818	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 28 % · humidity 29 %
Diémoz	38	341 km NE	2,947	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Moncé-en-Belin	72	543 km N	3,697	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Rosières-aux-Salines	54	671 km NE	2,810	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Bouligny	55	722 km N	2,507	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Pennautier'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
Conques-sur-Orbiel	11	7.3 km NE	2,523	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montgiscard	31	65 km W	2,587	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Thibéry	34	91 km E	3,132	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot	47	177 km NW	2,397	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Ayguesvives	31	62 km W	2,812	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Villepinte	11	19 km W	1,243	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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