Villemoustaussou

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11429

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

Partly served 45.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villemoustaussou (INSEE 11429) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 4,401 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11429-villemoustaussou

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 5,202 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	0.32	25	8.08
Social	0.37	20	7.49
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DU PAIN SUR LA PLANCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL NEGRE). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVA · LE JARDIN DE L'ALDEA · LES BALADES DE BACCHUS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT GOURMAND · PIZZA BELLA · LE MILAZZO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BOULEVARD CAFE CHEZ BOUCA). ^[4]

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

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-CHARLES AZIBERT, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN FIGUERES, MÉDECIN · DIDIER CARRERAS, MÉDECIN · MICHEL PONS, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-HUGO NOURRISSON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE AYROLLES FERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE R GOMILA DE VILLEMOUSTAUSSOU). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE SANDRA · AUDE LA DU MIROIR · BARBER'S V&M). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MALOLYA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DU PAIN SUR LA PLANCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL NEGRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	VIVA · LE JARDIN DE L'ALDEA · LES BALADES DE BACCHUS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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	3	LE P'TIT GOURMAND · PIZZA BELLA · LE MILAZZO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BOULEVARD CAFE CHEZ BOUCA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LOS PITCHONETS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LEON BLUM	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	JEAN-CHARLES AZIBERT, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN FIGUERES, MÉDECIN · DIDIER CARRERAS, MÉDECIN · MICHEL PONS, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-HUGO NOURRISSON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE AYROLLES FERRE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLEMOUSTAUSSOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE R GOMILA DE VILLEMOUSTAUSSOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	L'ATELIER DE SANDRA · AUDE LA DU MIROIR · BARBER'S V&M	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE MALOLYA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,059 peak 2017: 4,423 2023: 4,401 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,942 (2012) → 4,401 (2023): 11.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,729 (1990) → 4,401 (2023): 61.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,166, of which 1.8 % second homes and 7.6 % 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 (Villemoustaussou): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villemoustaussou): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villemoustaussou): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villemoustaussou): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villemoustaussou): 0.2 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 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at CARCASSONNE, 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, 4 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 — 11429/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11429/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11429/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11429/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11429
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
Ormes	45	523 km N	4,376	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Lunel-Viel	34	147 km E	4,507	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Jouarre	77	634 km N	4,221	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 39 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas	30	169 km NE	4,670	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Soucieu-en-Jarrest	69	327 km NE	4,660	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 %
Pézilla-la-Rivière	66	70 km SE	4,129	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pézilla-la-Rivière	66	70 km SE	4,129	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lunel-Viel	34	147 km E	4,507	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas	30	169 km NE	4,670	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Soucieu-en-Jarrest	69	327 km NE	4,660	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 %
Ormes	45	523 km N	4,376	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Jouarre	77	634 km N	4,221	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 39 % · 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 Villemoustaussou'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
Pézilla-la-Rivière	66	70 km SE	4,129	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Labège	31	74 km NW	4,392	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Quint-Fonsegrives	31	77 km NW	6,133	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Roquettes	31	85 km W	4,280	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts	13	215 km E	6,175	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Palaja	11	9.0 km S	2,722	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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