Villelongue-d'Aude

Aude · CC du Limouxin · INSEE 11427

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villelongue-d'Aude (INSEE 11427) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 321 (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 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,933 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.22
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (LES TAVERNIERS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLELONGUE D AUDE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLELONGUE-D'AUDE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	VILLALONGUA	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	2	LES TAVERNIERS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	VILLELONGUE D AUDE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLELONGUE-D'AUDE	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: 305 peak 2007: 327 2023: 321 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 316 (2012) → 321 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 286 (1990) → 321 (2023): 12.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 17.7 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.2 km NGP — 6.8 km NPharmacy — 7.8 km N 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 (Alaigne): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villelongue-d'Aude): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Belvèze-du-Razès): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Belvèze-du-Razès): 7.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villelongue-d'Aude): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.7

Days at or below 0 °C 15.8▸

Muggy days a summer 12.8▸

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ALAIGNE weather station, 6.3 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 312 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALAIGNE, 6.3 km away at 293 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLELONGUE-D'AUDE, 0.3 km away at 320 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 — 11427/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11427/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11427/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11427/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11427
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11034
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
Mazille	71	421 km NE	400	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 12 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois	71	403 km NE	421	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 14 %
Fontiers-Cabardès	11	37 km N	476	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 %
Chesley	10	569 km N	293	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 15 % · humidity 14 %
Cussy-les-Forges	89	514 km N	322	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 42 % · humidity 14 %
Passenans	39	500 km NE	335	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 20 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontiers-Cabardès	11	37 km N	476	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois	71	403 km NE	421	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 45 % · humidity 14 %
Mazille	71	421 km NE	400	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 12 % · humidity 14 %
Passenans	39	500 km NE	335	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 20 % · humidity 29 %
Cussy-les-Forges	89	514 km N	322	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 42 % · humidity 14 %
Chesley	10	569 km N	293	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 15 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Villelongue-d'Aude'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
Saint-Martin-d'Arrossa	64	277 km W	543	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vingrau	66	60 km E	536	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Alaigne	11	5.3 km N	327	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Routier	11	6.3 km NE	231	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bellegarde-du-Razès	11	7.2 km NW	251	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gurs	64	232 km W	418	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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