Villegailhenc

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11425

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villegailhenc (INSEE 11425) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 1,718 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/11425-villegailhenc

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 10,616 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.78	10	7.85
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL COUSSINOUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE SOURN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARWANE KHALFALLAH, MÉDECIN · GERARD LOUBES, MÉDECIN · IVAN DONA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE JOYE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ALLO COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EURL COUSSINOUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LE SOURN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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)	3	MARWANE KHALFALLAH, MÉDECIN · GERARD LOUBES, MÉDECIN · IVAN DONA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE JOYE	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	VILLEGAILHENC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLEGAILHENC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	ALLO COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 951 peak 2017: 1,735 2023: 1,718 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,649 (2012) → 1,718 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,337 (1990) → 1,718 (2023): 28.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 899, of which 3.4 % second homes and 12.1 % 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 (Villegailhenc): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villegailhenc): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villegailhenc): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.6

Days at or below 0 °C 19.9

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CARCASSONNE weather station, 7.7 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CARCASSONNE, 7.7 km away at 128 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CONQUES-SUR-ORBIEL, 3.6 km away at 120 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 — 11425/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11425/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11425/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11425/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11425
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
Cinqueux	60	673 km N	1,630	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 %
Cadolive	13	258 km E	2,236	54.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Claude-de-Diray	41	489 km N	1,764	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
La Terrasse	38	365 km NE	2,470	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Vert-le-Grand	91	590 km N	2,444	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
La Murette	38	345 km NE	1,836	60.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cadolive	13	258 km E	2,236	54.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
La Murette	38	345 km NE	1,836	60.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %
La Terrasse	38	365 km NE	2,470	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Claude-de-Diray	41	489 km N	1,764	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Vert-le-Grand	91	590 km N	2,444	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
Cinqueux	60	673 km N	1,630	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 58 % · 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 Villegailhenc'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
Palaja	11	11 km S	2,722	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cazilhac	11	9.3 km S	1,664	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lacroix-Falgarde	31	81 km W	2,030	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Roquettes	31	84 km W	4,280	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Pézilla-la-Rivière	66	72 km SE	4,129	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villasavary	11	26 km W	1,220	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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