Sainte-Camelle
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Camelle (INSEE 11334) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 127 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 88 % of the 12,697 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.85 | 10 | 8.51 |
| Housing mix | 0.71 | 5 | 3.55 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (PIZZA CHEZ NADINE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 2 | PIZZA CHEZ NADINE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 112 (2012) → 127 (2023): 13.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 94 (1990) → 127 (2023): 35.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 69, of which 14.5 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Belpech): 8.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Salles-sur-l'Hers): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Salles-sur-l'Hers): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Salles-sur-l'Hers): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Salles-sur-l'Hers): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MONTFERRAND weather station, 9.6 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 237 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 12.3 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. [10]
That station sits 77 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SALLES-SUR-L'HERS, 3.5 km away at 210 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 — 11334/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11334/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11334/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11334/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11033
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11371
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pradières | 09 | 36 km S | 124 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marnans | 38 | 354 km NE | 132 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Justin | 32 | 136 km W | 137 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rothonay | 39 | 466 km NE | 128 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou | 81 | 82 km N | 126 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Boulay-les-Ifs | 53 | 592 km N | 136 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pradières | 09 | 36 km S | 124 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou | 81 | 82 km N | 126 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Justin | 32 | 136 km W | 137 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marnans | 38 | 354 km NE | 132 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 % |
| Rothonay | 39 | 466 km NE | 128 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Boulay-les-Ifs | 53 | 592 km N | 136 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 % |
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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 Sainte-Camelle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Justin | 32 | 136 km W | 137 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou | 81 | 82 km N | 126 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poullignac | 16 | 278 km NW | 107 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villebramar | 47 | 176 km NW | 109 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gariès | 82 | 87 km NW | 129 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Estramiac | 32 | 100 km NW | 119 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
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