Aspères

Gard · CC du Pays de Sommières · INSEE 30018

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aspères (INSEE 30018) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays de Sommières. Population 563 (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/30018-asperes

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,386 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ PREM). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (MAIRIE D ASPERES DEB BOISSONS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB GEORGES BIZET). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	1	CHEZ PREM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	MAIRIE D ASPERES DEB BOISSONS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB GEORGES BIZET	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 246 2023: 563 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 518 (2012) → 563 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 289 (1990) → 563 (2023): 94.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 266, of which 4.9 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.8 km EBakery — 4.1 km SEFood shop — 4.2 km EGP — 4.5 km SEPharmacy — 4.7 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 (Sommières): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villevieille): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sommières): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sommières): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aspères): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 62.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 38.7

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 63 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VILLEVIEILLE weather station, 4.3 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 4.3 km away at 41 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 754 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 4.3 km away at 41 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 — 30018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30352
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30018
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
Zuytpeene	59	786 km N	557	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Moncaut	47	286 km W	589	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-André-de-l'Épine	50	707 km NW	555	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
La Houssoye	60	637 km N	591	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Genainville	95	617 km N	522	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Les Ulmes	49	502 km NW	544	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moncaut	47	286 km W	589	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Les Ulmes	49	502 km NW	544	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Genainville	95	617 km N	522	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
La Houssoye	60	637 km N	591	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-André-de-l'Épine	50	707 km NW	555	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Zuytpeene	59	786 km N	557	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Aspères'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
Salinelles	30	2.2 km E	585	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Serres	30	21 km N	542	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lauret	34	13 km W	626	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Valflaunès	34	13 km W	795	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Fontanès	30	4.5 km NE	700	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Galargues	34	4.6 km S	752	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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