Pomas

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11293

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

Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pomas (INSEE 11293) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 1,017 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 14,237 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (EPICERIE MULTISERVICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CASA DEL PAPET). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE MULTISERVICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LA CASA DEL PAPET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE POMAS	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	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

1968: 501 2023: 1,017 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 833 (2012) → 1,017 (2023): 22.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 570 (1990) → 1,017 (2023): 78.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 487, of which 2.9 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.4 km SEBakery — 2.6 km SEPharmacy — 7.9 km SW 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 (Saint-Hilaire): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pomas): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Hilaire): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Limoux): 7.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 44.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 31.6

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LIMOUX weather station, 10.3 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 151 m. ^[11]

The village sits 79 m below 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 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CARCASSONNE, 11.5 km away at 128 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 719 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTCLAR, 4.4 km away at 220 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 — 11293/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11293/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11293/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11293/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11344
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11206
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
Macouba	972	6,738 km W	987	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %
Le Langon	85	450 km NW	1,045	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Rémy	79	425 km NW	1,105	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Le Mesnil-Aubry	95	660 km N	914	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Villeneuve-les-Sablons	60	681 km N	1,196	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 %
Corbère-les-Cabanes	66	59 km SE	1,213	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corbère-les-Cabanes	66	59 km SE	1,213	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy	79	425 km NW	1,105	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Le Langon	85	450 km NW	1,045	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
Le Mesnil-Aubry	95	660 km N	914	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Villeneuve-les-Sablons	60	681 km N	1,196	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 %
Macouba	972	6,738 km W	987	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · 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 Pomas'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
Barbaira	11	20 km NE	805	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Creissan	34	65 km NE	1,436	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Marseillette	11	23 km NE	697	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Valros	34	94 km E	1,685	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Malves-en-Minervois	11	20 km NE	888	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pépieux	11	38 km NE	1,118	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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