Rivel

Identity

Rivel (INSEE 11316) is in Aude (11), part of CC Pyrénées audoises. Population 219 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11316-rivel

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 16,520 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE MOULIN DE RIVEL). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 217 (2012) → 219 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 233 (1990) → 219 (2023): -6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 41.6 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montbel): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Colombe-sur-l'Hers): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chalabre): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bélesta): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Rivel): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST BENOIT weather station, 7.7 km away at 601 m; the village itself is at 405 m. ^[13]

The village sits 196 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST BENOIT, 7.7 km away at 601 m, over 16 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 196 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST BENOIT, 7.7 km away at 601 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11316/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11316/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11316/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11316/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09200
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11336
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11091
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09047
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11316
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024