Villespy

Aude · CC Piège Lauragais Malepère · INSEE 11439

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villespy (INSEE 11439) is in Aude (11), part of CC Piège Lauragais Malepère. Population 419 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/11439-villespy

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,969 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (A LA MAISON (EN CASA)). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (UN HAIR D'AUDACE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	A LA MAISON (EN CASA)	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	VILLESPY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	UN HAIR D'AUDACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 352 2023: 419 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 352 (2012) → 419 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 271 (1990) → 419 (2023): 54.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 9.9 % second homes and 18.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.1 km SBakery — 4.4 km SPharmacy — 4.4 km SFood shop — 5.1 km SW 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 (Villepinte): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lasbordes): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villepinte): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villepinte): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villespy): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.9

Days at or below 0 °C 11.9▸

Muggy days a summer 9.5

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LABECEDE LAURAGAIS_SAPC weather station, 9.8 km away at 408 m; the village itself is at 181 m. ^[11]

The village sits 227 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 12.1 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 690 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRAM, 9 km away at 134 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 — 11439/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11439/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11439/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11439/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11434
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11439
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
Villefranche-du-Queyran	47	188 km NW	415	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	665 km N	443	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 24 % · humidity 36 %
Navilly	71	468 km NE	424	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 54 %
Audes	03	351 km N	402	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Jodard	42	327 km NE	393	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Mantoche	70	529 km NE	458	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villefranche-du-Queyran	47	188 km NW	415	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jodard	42	327 km NE	393	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Audes	03	351 km N	402	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Navilly	71	468 km NE	424	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 54 %
Mantoche	70	529 km NE	458	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	665 km N	443	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 24 % · 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 Villespy'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
Argenton	47	200 km NW	331	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Souilhanels	11	15 km W	356	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Raissac-sur-Lampy	11	6.9 km SE	454	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Verzeille	11	28 km SE	456	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cuzorn	47	164 km NW	845	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Camplong-d'Aude	11	50 km SE	389	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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