Aimargues

Gard · CC de Petite Camargue · INSEE 30006

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

Served 62/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aimargues (INSEE 30006) is in Gard (30), part of CC de Petite Camargue. Population 5,705 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30006-aimargues

Vitality score

Vitality score 62/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 4,130 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	0.85	20	17.05
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.52	10	5.24
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GILLES SARL · LA PETRIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE AIMARGUOISE · BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ATELIER DES FRANGINS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · SUPER U). ^[3,4]

19 × Restaurant (AUX DELICES D'ELISA · LA PALMERAIE · LE MAZET · O7 · RABUFFETTI WESLAY). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FANFONNE GUILLIERME · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES GARDIANS). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE PUJOLAS, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER ALBERT, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE GOMEZ, MÉDECIN · JULIE JEROME, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CLAUDE MALZAC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES SALICORNES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AIMARGUES). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC). ^[3]

13 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE COIFFURE LAMAZERE · NATURAL'DOM · LE PTIT SALON DE CHRIST · L.S COIFFURE VISAGISTE · JORICK). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (IBIS LUNEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BELLEVUE EN CAMARGUE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	GILLES SARL · LA PETRIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE AIMARGUOISE · BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'ATELIER DES FRANGINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	ALDI MARCHE · SUPER U	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	19	AUX DELICES D'ELISA · LA PALMERAIE · LE MAZET · O7 · RABUFFETTI WESLAY	INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4]
Café / bar	5		INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE VENTADOUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FANFONNE GUILLIERME · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES GARDIANS	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	PHILIPPE PUJOLAS, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER ALBERT, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE GOMEZ, MÉDECIN · JULIE JEROME, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CLAUDE MALZAC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES SALICORNES	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	AIMARGUES LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AIMARGUES	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	1	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	13	L'ATELIER DE COIFFURE LAMAZERE · NATURAL'DOM · LE PTIT SALON DE CHRIST · L.S COIFFURE VISAGISTE · JORICK	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	IBIS LUNEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING BELLEVUE EN CAMARGUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,252 2023: 5,705 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,822 (2012) → 5,705 (2023): 18.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,988 (1990) → 5,705 (2023): 90.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,820, of which 8.4 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.1 km NW 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 (Aimargues): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Aimargues): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aimargues): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aimargues): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 63.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.1

Muggy days a summer 7.2

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 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GALLARGUES LE MONTUEUX weather station, 4.5 km away at 17 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 15.5 km away at 41 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 667 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GALLARGUES LE MONTUEUX, 4.5 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30006/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/0e81b6e7-eefa-3f74-8261-c6a4cca7d92a— “Marché hebdomadaire de Aimargues”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30006/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30006/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30006/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30006
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
Saint-Martin-d'Uriage	38	208 km NE	5,587	66.6	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Girons	09	260 km W	6,008	72	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Lavelanet	09	208 km SW	5,987	57.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Zacharie	83	125 km E	5,879	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Montmorillon	86	402 km NW	5,821	62.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Prades	66	188 km SW	6,148	61.6	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Zacharie	83	125 km E	5,879	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Prades	66	188 km SW	6,148	61.6	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lavelanet	09	208 km SW	5,987	57.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-d'Uriage	38	208 km NE	5,587	66.6	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Girons	09	260 km W	6,008	72	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Montmorillon	86	402 km NW	5,821	62.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Aimargues'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
Vergèze	30	6.5 km N	5,788	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Calvisson	30	11 km N	6,486	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Laudun-l'Ardoise	30	59 km NE	6,835	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Graveson	13	49 km E	4,698	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Aigues-Vives	30	6.6 km N	3,331	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Clarensac	30	16 km N	4,386	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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