Aulas

Identity

Aulas (INSEE 30024) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays Viganais. Population 456 (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/30024-aulas

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,933 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LA POTERNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA PAUSE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (PRL DOMAINE LOU CEVENOL). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 455 (2012) → 456 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 386 (1990) → 456 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 405, of which 40 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Vigan): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bréau-Mars): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Vigan): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Vigan): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aulas): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARPHY weather station, 2 km away at 427 m; the village itself is at 338 m. ^[11]

The village sits 89 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 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTDARDIER, 6.1 km away at 640 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 302 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,628 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 16.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARPHY, 2 km away at 427 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 134,700 € — 1,186 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 74,500 € — 1,002 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Gard is 2,338 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30024/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30024/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30024/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30024/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30350
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30052
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30024
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025