Soupex

Aude · CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois · INSEE 11385

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

Few services 22.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soupex (INSEE 11385) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 243 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,055 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.41
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOUPEX AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1	SOUPEX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 245 peak 2012: 259 2023: 243 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 259 (2012) → 243 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 243 (2023): 14.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 129, of which 3.9 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.1 km NBakery — 2.0 km NWGP — 4.8 km EFood shop — 5.0 km SWPharmacy — 7.8 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 (Saint-Paulet): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Labastide-d'Anjou): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tréville): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Castelnaudary): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Soupex): 1.1 km to the north (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, 6.5 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 191 m. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 9.3 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, 6.5 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 — 11385/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11385/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11385/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11385/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11362
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11178
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11399
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11385
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
Baudreville	28	551 km N	247	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Vellevans	25	566 km NE	253	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 24 % · humidity 36 %
Ciadoux	31	95 km W	234	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Loupia	11	39 km SE	259	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Moyemont	88	659 km NE	220	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 31 % · humidity 36 %
Rouvres-en-Xaintois	88	635 km NE	259	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Loupia	11	39 km SE	259	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Ciadoux	31	95 km W	234	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Baudreville	28	551 km N	247	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Vellevans	25	566 km NE	253	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 24 % · humidity 36 %
Rouvres-en-Xaintois	88	635 km NE	259	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Moyemont	88	659 km NE	220	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 31 % · 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 Soupex'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
Préchac-sur-Adour	32	155 km W	197	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Gaujac	47	189 km NW	241	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Méracq	64	185 km W	234	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mouscardès	40	225 km W	265	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bagas	33	209 km NW	283	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Brugnens	32	107 km NW	254	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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