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Argilliers

Gard · CC Pays d'Uzès · INSEE 30013

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

Few services 36.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Argilliers (INSEE 30013) is in Gard (30), part of CC Pays d'Uzès. Population 436 (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/30013-argilliers

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,925 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.48209.5
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7753.85

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

3 × Restaurant (M & M · TM · LES ROSES BLANCHES). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARGILLIERS). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3M & M · TM · LES ROSES BLANCHESINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARGILLIERSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 74 peak 2017: 483 2023: 436 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 424 (2012) → 436 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 120 (1990) → 436 (2023): 263.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 218, of which 11.5 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.8 km SE (Vers-Pont-du-Gard)Food shop — 3.1 km SW (Collias)GP — 3.2 km SW (Collias)Pharmacy — 3.6 km SE (Vers-Pont-du-Gard)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km SEFood shop — 3.1 km SWGP — 3.2 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km SE 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 (Vers-Pont-du-Gard): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Collias): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Collias): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Vers-Pont-du-Gard): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Argilliers): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 66 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the UZES weather station, 7.6 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 72 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at UZES, 7.6 km away at 72 m, over 17 summers. [11]

An average of 918 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 13.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST SIFFRET, 4.6 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30013/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30013/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30013/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30013/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30346
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30085
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30013
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Trébédan22710 km NW44128.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnencontre21349 km N43236Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vars-sur-Roseix19286 km NW41535.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne38159 km NE42323.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 66 %
Bongheat63212 km NW46533Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Préfontaines45480 km N42828.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne38159 km NE42323.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 66 %
Bongheat63212 km NW46533Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vars-sur-Roseix19286 km NW41535.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnencontre21349 km N43236Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Préfontaines45480 km N42828.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Trébédan22710 km NW44128.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · 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 Argilliers'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Dézéry3018 km W45725.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Serviers-et-Labaume3013 km NW59033.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Modène8452 km E45822.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Dions3017 km W52740.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Les Mayons83167 km SE62543.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols8453 km E49947.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %