Pexiora

Aude · CC Piège Lauragais Malepère · INSEE 11281

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

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pexiora (INSEE 11281) is in Aude (11), part of CC Piège Lauragais Malepère. Population 1,266 (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/11281-pexiora

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 12,874 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PEXIORA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PEXIORA RUE DES REMPARTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (A L'INFINI'TIF · LA DOUCE HEURE · SOUN ROMDUOL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	PEXIORA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PEXIORA RUE DES REMPARTS	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	3	A L'INFINI'TIF · LA DOUCE HEURE · SOUN ROMDUOL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 854 peak 2012: 1,289 2023: 1,266 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,289 (2012) → 1,266 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 709 (1990) → 1,266 (2023): 78.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 609, of which 2.6 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km NPharmacy — 4.3 km EGP — 4.6 km E 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 (Pexiora): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lasbordes): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villepinte): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villepinte): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pexiora): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35

Days at or below 0 °C 17.4▸

Muggy days a summer 9.5

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FANJEAUX_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 148 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 8.1 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 690 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRAM, 7.9 km away at 134 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 — 11281/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11281/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11281/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11281/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11434
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
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	468 km NE	1,288	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 36 %
Souligné-sous-Ballon	72	559 km N	1,244	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 45 %
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin	53	568 km N	1,247	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Commer	53	590 km N	1,286	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 55 %
Saint-Marcel	01	378 km NE	1,340	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Montigné-le-Brillant	53	572 km N	1,366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Marcel	01	378 km NE	1,340	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	468 km NE	1,288	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 36 %
Souligné-sous-Ballon	72	559 km N	1,244	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 45 %
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin	53	568 km N	1,247	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Montigné-le-Brillant	53	572 km N	1,366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Commer	53	590 km N	1,286	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 55 %

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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 Pexiora'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
Ventenac-Cabardès	11	20 km E	962	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villegly	11	33 km E	1,247	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villepinte	11	4.4 km E	1,243	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montlaur	31	45 km NW	1,791	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villesèquelande	11	16 km E	882	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	18 km E	1,025	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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