Villalier
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villalier (INSEE 11410) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 972 (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/11410-villalier
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 14,488 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.55 | 10 | 5.53 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAINS ET POTS). [3]
1 × Restaurant (VILLA PIZZA). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE RIVES ESTELLE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLALIER APC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLALIER). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (CHEZ L' COIFFURE MASCULIN FEMININ · N.B COIFFURE A DOMICILE · L'INTEMPOR'ELLE & LUI). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (CABANES DANS LES BOIS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | PAINS ET POTS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | VILLA PIZZA | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | PHARMACIE RIVES ESTELLE | 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 | VILLALIER APC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLALIER | 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 | CHEZ L' COIFFURE MASCULIN FEMININ · N.B COIFFURE A DOMICILE · L'INTEMPOR'ELLE & LUI | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | CABANES DANS LES BOIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 990 (2012) → 972 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 923 (1990) → 972 (2023): 5.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 488, of which 3.9 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villalier): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Conques-sur-Orbiel): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Conques-sur-Orbiel): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Villalier): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Villalier): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LAURE-MINERVOIS weather station, 8.8 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 115 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CAUNES-MINERVOIS, 10.4 km away at 371 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 256 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CONQUES-SUR-ORBIEL, 2.8 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11410/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11410/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11410/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11410/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11410
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11099
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemeaux | 21 | 515 km NE | 974 | 44.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 26 % · humidity 36 % |
| Mallemoisson | 04 | 311 km E | 957 | 45.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Niederlauterbach | 67 | 772 km NE | 941 | 41.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 % |
| Willgottheim | 67 | 719 km NE | 1,057 | 42.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 % |
| Martigny-les-Bains | 88 | 601 km NE | 807 | 37.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 15 % · humidity 36 % |
| Longeault-Pluvault | 21 | 494 km NE | 1,174 | 36.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallemoisson | 04 | 311 km E | 957 | 45.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Longeault-Pluvault | 21 | 494 km NE | 1,174 | 36.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 % |
| Gemeaux | 21 | 515 km NE | 974 | 44.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 26 % · humidity 36 % |
| Martigny-les-Bains | 88 | 601 km NE | 807 | 37.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 15 % · humidity 36 % |
| Willgottheim | 67 | 719 km NE | 1,057 | 42.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 % |
| Niederlauterbach | 67 | 772 km NE | 941 | 41.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Villalier'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Fossat | 09 | 82 km W | 1,071 | 50.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cruscades | 11 | 34 km E | 936 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pépieux | 11 | 22 km E | 1,118 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Barbaira | 11 | 11 km SE | 805 | 41.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Hilaire | 11 | 20 km SW | 712 | 53.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laroque-Timbaut | 47 | 175 km NW | 1,589 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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