Alzon

Gard · CC du Pays Viganais · INSEE 30009

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alzon (INSEE 30009) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays Viganais. Population 194 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/30009-alzon

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,809 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.56	10	5.6
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EURL RAUSCHER LUDOVIC). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (APERO HOUSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (ROUTE 999). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ADRIENNE DURAND-TULLOU). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALZON BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PAUL ROUQUETTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ESTELLE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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	EURL RAUSCHER LUDOVIC	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	1	APERO HOUSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	ROUTE 999	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ADRIENNE DURAND-TULLOU	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	ALZON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ALZON BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PAUL ROUQUETTE	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	1	ESTELLE COIFFURE	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: 280 2023: 194 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 204 (2012) → 194 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 183 (1990) → 194 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 272, of which 50.7 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.7 km WPharmacy — 6.5 km EGP — 7.3 km E 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 (Sauclières): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Bez-et-Esparon): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Arre): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.3

Days at or below 0 °C 64.6

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ALZON weather station, 1.4 km away at 611 m; the village itself is at 594 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTDARDIER, 11.5 km away at 640 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,350 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ALZON, 1.4 km away at 611 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30009/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30009/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30009/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30009/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12260
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30009
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30016
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
Nozières	07	147 km NE	237	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Donat	63	176 km N	198	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genès-Champespe	63	171 km N	200	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Les Moussières	39	325 km NE	174	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Serralongue	66	189 km SW	244	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Ascros	06	286 km E	174	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nozières	07	147 km NE	237	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genès-Champespe	63	171 km N	200	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Donat	63	176 km N	198	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Serralongue	66	189 km SW	244	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Ascros	06	286 km E	174	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Les Moussières	39	325 km NE	174	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Alzon'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-Julien-du-Gua	07	120 km NE	169	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont	07	86 km NE	262	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rivèrenert	09	211 km SW	208	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Benin-des-Bois	58	351 km N	195	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Menou	58	378 km N	179	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Boulc	26	185 km NE	154	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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