Souilhanels

Aude · CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois · INSEE 11382

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souilhanels (INSEE 11382) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 356 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/11382-souilhanels

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 18,059 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE POLYVALENT DE FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE EN SERVICES ET TRAVAIL SOCIAL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CENTRE POLYVALENT DE FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE EN SERVICES ET TRAVAIL SOCIAL	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 147 peak 2012: 376 2023: 356 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 376 (2012) → 356 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 356 (2023): 80.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 3 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km SFood shop — 3.7 km EPharmacy — 4.2 km SEGP — 4.3 km SE 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 (Castelnaudary): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Peyrens): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Castelnaudary): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Castelnaudary): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Souilhanels): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.7

Days at or below 0 °C 22

Muggy days a summer 9.5

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CASTELNAUDARY weather station, 5.7 km away at 160 m; the village itself is at 178 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 5.7 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 684 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 5.7 km away at 160 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11382/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11382/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11382/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11382/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11284
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11382
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
Montgeroult	95	637 km N	361	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Gizay	86	363 km N	364	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Lissy	77	590 km N	352	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
La Vallée-au-Blé	02	738 km N	355	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Morand	37	474 km N	351	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Versigny	60	649 km N	349	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gizay	86	363 km N	364	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Morand	37	474 km N	351	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Lissy	77	590 km N	352	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
Montgeroult	95	637 km N	361	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Versigny	60	649 km N	349	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
La Vallée-au-Blé	02	738 km N	355	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Souilhanels'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
Argenton	47	186 km NW	331	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Cazaux-Savès	32	78 km W	326	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bagas	33	212 km NW	283	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Cahuzac	81	19 km NE	356	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Villespy	11	15 km E	419	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Jû-Belloc	32	157 km W	286	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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