Villesèquelande

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11437

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villesèquelande (INSEE 11437) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 882 (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/11437-villesequelande

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 15,108 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE RELAIS DE SULLY). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CANAL DES DEUX MERS). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	LE RELAIS DE SULLY	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 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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CANAL DES DEUX MERS	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	VILLESEQUELANDE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLESÈQUELANDE	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: 342 peak 2017: 896 2023: 882 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 850 (2012) → 882 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 506 (1990) → 882 (2023): 74.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 1.7 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NEPharmacy — 3.5 km NEGP — 4.3 km S 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 (Pezens): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villesèquelande): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Arzens): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pezens): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villesèquelande): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the CARCASSONNE weather station, 5.7 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 119 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CARCASSONNE, 5.7 km away at 128 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 637 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CARCASSONNE, 5.7 km away at 128 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 — 11437/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11437/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11437/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11437/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11288
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11437
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11018
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
Arnouville-lès-Mantes	78	632 km N	951	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %
Ventenac-Cabardès	11	5.3 km NE	962	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Orvilliers	78	627 km N	925	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Sandoux	63	276 km N	992	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 38 % · humidity 29 %
Sérigné	85	436 km NW	1,048	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 %
Lancié	69	381 km NE	1,101	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ventenac-Cabardès	11	5.3 km NE	962	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sandoux	63	276 km N	992	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 38 % · humidity 29 %
Lancié	69	381 km NE	1,101	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Sérigné	85	436 km NW	1,048	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 %
Orvilliers	78	627 km N	925	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %
Arnouville-lès-Mantes	78	632 km N	951	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Villesèquelande'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
Ventenac-Cabardès	11	5.3 km NE	962	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	2.3 km SE	1,025	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mas-Saintes-Puelles	11	30 km W	923	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cavanac	11	11 km SE	1,021	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Couffoulens	11	11 km SE	533	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Corbère-les-Cabanes	66	74 km SE	1,213	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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