Souilhe

Aude · CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois · INSEE 11383

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

Few services 36.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souilhe (INSEE 11383) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 354 (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/11383-souilhe

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 18,050 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ FREDO · ENZO O BELLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE COMMUNALE CLAIRE TOURNIER). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SOUILHE). ^[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. ^[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	CHEZ FREDO · ENZO O BELLO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE COMMUNALE CLAIRE TOURNIER	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SOUILHE	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	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: 112 2023: 354 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 320 (2012) → 354 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 204 (1990) → 354 (2023): 73.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 161, of which 3.1 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.7 km NEBakery — 3.8 km NWFood shop — 4.1 km EPharmacy — 6.2 km S 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 (Saint-Paulet): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Peyrens): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tréville): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Castelnaudary): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Souilhe): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.1

Days at or below 0 °C 29.6

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MONTFERRAND weather station, 7.7 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 201 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 7.7 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[13]

An average of 744 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MONTFERRAND, 7.7 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11383/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11383/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11383/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11383/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11362
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11284
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11399
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11383
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
Brebotte	90	612 km NE	353	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand	51	674 km N	349	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 36 %
Guny	02	692 km N	357	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Thennelières	10	575 km N	341	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Crévéchamps	54	664 km NE	341	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bossenay	10	580 km N	342	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thennelières	10	575 km N	341	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bossenay	10	580 km N	342	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Brebotte	90	612 km NE	353	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 %
Crévéchamps	54	664 km NE	341	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand	51	674 km N	349	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 36 %
Guny	02	692 km N	357	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · 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 Souilhe'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
Ségos	32	178 km W	256	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Argenton	47	185 km NW	331	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ouillon	64	173 km W	553	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lusignan-Petit	47	150 km NW	353	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn)	64	201 km W	332	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Laujuzan	32	170 km W	294	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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