Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude (INSEE 11353) is in Aude (11), part of CA Le Grand Narbonne. Population 2,014 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11353-saint-marcel-sur-aude
Vitality score
Vitality score 55.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 85 % of the 9,579 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.74 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.66 | 10 | 6.56 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.48 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON MATHEY · SARL NADA 27). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (KATEV · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (LA DISTILLERIE · AKATSUSHI · LA BELLE EPOQUE · NOLITA-CHEZ REMI). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT FERACCI, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD MARTIN, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE MIALET, MÉDECIN · MELISSA MORENO, MÉDECIN · EMELINE BLOUIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE MALASSAN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MARCEL-SUR-AUDE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (IMAGIN'HAIR · MARIE COIFFURE · CARACT'HAIR · LA BARBIERE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | MAISON MATHEY · SARL NADA 27 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 3 | KATEV · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | LA DISTILLERIE · AKATSUSHI · LA BELLE EPOQUE · NOLITA-CHEZ REMI | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| 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) | 5 | LAURENT FERACCI, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD MARTIN, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE MIALET, MÉDECIN · MELISSA MORENO, MÉDECIN · EMELINE BLOUIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE DE MALASSAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SAINT-MARCEL-SUR-AUDE | 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 | 4 | IMAGIN'HAIR · MARIE COIFFURE · CARACT'HAIR · LA BARBIERE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 1,773 (2012) → 2,014 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,097 (1990) → 2,014 (2023): 83.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 976, of which 5.2 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 68 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ARGELIERS weather station, 7.2 km away at 31 m; the village itself is at 20 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at NARBONNE, 10.7 km away at 110 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 90 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 587 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ARGELIERS, 7.2 km away at 31 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11353/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11353/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11353/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11353/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11353
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaurainville | 62 | 802 km N | 2,014 | 46.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 64 % |
| Champdeniers | 79 | 446 km NW | 1,784 | 45.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 % |
| Hatten | 67 | 740 km NE | 1,912 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
| Jonchery-sur-Vesle | 51 | 676 km N | 1,822 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 % |
| Salles-sur-Mer | 17 | 447 km NW | 2,465 | 51.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 14 % |
| Fessenheim | 68 | 631 km NE | 2,345 | 43.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champdeniers | 79 | 446 km NW | 1,784 | 45.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 % |
| Salles-sur-Mer | 17 | 447 km NW | 2,465 | 51.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 14 % |
| Fessenheim | 68 | 631 km NE | 2,345 | 43.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 % |
| Jonchery-sur-Vesle | 51 | 676 km N | 1,822 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 % |
| Hatten | 67 | 740 km NE | 1,912 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
| Beaurainville | 62 | 802 km N | 2,014 | 46.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 64 % |
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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 Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argeliers | 11 | 7.7 km N | 2,124 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ginestas | 11 | 4.9 km NW | 1,611 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze | 30 | 111 km NE | 3,690 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sallèles-d'Aude | 11 | 2.3 km NE | 3,179 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude | 11 | 2.2 km W | 2,118 | 50.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouveillan | 11 | 6.1 km NE | 2,713 | 65 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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