Saissac

Aude · CC de la Montagne Noire · INSEE 11367

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

Served 65.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saissac (INSEE 11367) is in Aude (11), part of CC de la Montagne Noire. Population 904 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11367-saissac

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 14,935 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	0.71	25	17.74
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.43
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON ARNAUD). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES PRODUCTEURS DU LAURAGAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL LE CABAS D'OC). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DOMAINE DU LAC DE PICAREL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ FRANCKY). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EVELYNE BONNAFOUS, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE ESTEVE-ASSEMAT, MÉDECIN · PASCAL ESTEVE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA TOUR). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LA PORTE D'AUTAN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON ARNAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LES PRODUCTEURS DU LAURAGAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SARL LE CABAS D'OC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	DOMAINE DU LAC DE PICAREL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ FRANCKY	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)	3	EVELYNE BONNAFOUS, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE ESTEVE-ASSEMAT, MÉDECIN · PASCAL ESTEVE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA TOUR	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 SAISSAC	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	LA PORTE D'AUTAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 705 peak 2007: 1,007 2023: 904 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 918 (2012) → 904 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 867 (1990) → 904 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 713, of which 27.6 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saissac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saissac): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saissac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saissac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saissac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.2

Days at or below 0 °C 52.7

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SAISSAC weather station, 3.6 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 470 m. ^[9]

The village sits 160 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LES MARTYS, 11.3 km away at 760 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 290 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 1,284 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SAISSAC, 3.6 km away at 630 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11367/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11367/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11367/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11367/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11367
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
Mortagne-sur-Gironde	17	333 km NW	911	71.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Entraygues-sur-Truyère	12	146 km N	964	71.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 85 %
Céreste-en-Luberon	04	281 km E	1,219	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Cerisiers	89	540 km N	988	63.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Thueyts	07	220 km NE	1,205	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Neussargues-Moissac	15	207 km N	824	67.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Entraygues-sur-Truyère	12	146 km N	964	71.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 85 %
Neussargues-Moissac	15	207 km N	824	67.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Thueyts	07	220 km NE	1,205	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Céreste-en-Luberon	04	281 km E	1,219	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Mortagne-sur-Gironde	17	333 km NW	911	71.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Cerisiers	89	540 km N	988	63.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Saissac'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
Sains-Richaumont	02	728 km N	923	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Ourville-en-Caux	76	718 km N	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saales	67	673 km NE	826	55.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Songeons	60	688 km N	926	74.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montcornet	02	718 km N	1,207	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe	61	590 km N	659	78.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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