Roquefort-de-Sault

Identity

Roquefort-de-Sault (INSEE 11321) is in Aude (11), part of CC Pyrénées audoises. Population 85 (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/11321-roquefort-de-sault

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 9,031 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

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

2 × Restaurant (PORCS NOIRS ET PETITS GRIS · L'ETAPE DU MADRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ROQUEFORT DE SAULT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ROQUEFORT-DE-SAULT). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MADRES PYRENEES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 80 (2012) → 85 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 118 (1990) → 85 (2023): -28 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 77.2 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Axat): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Bousquet): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Axat): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Quillan): 15.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Axat): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST LOUIS-ET-PARAHOU weather station, 16.8 km away at 684 m; the village itself is at 988 m. ^[11]

The village sits 304 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GRANES, 19.3 km away at 420 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 568 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 1,032 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROQUEFORT-DE-SAULT, 0.9 km away at 1,017 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11321/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11321/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11321/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11321/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11021
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11047
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11304
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024