Aumessas

Identity

Aumessas (INSEE 30025) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays Viganais. Population 263 (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/30025-aumessas

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,415 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE AUMESSAS BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 232 (2012) → 263 (2023): 13.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 200 (1990) → 263 (2023): 31.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 348, of which 56 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Arre): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bréau-Mars): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bez-et-Esparon): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Arre): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aumessas): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ALZON weather station, 4.9 km away at 611 m; the village itself is at 442 m. ^[12]

The village sits 169 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTDARDIER, 7.8 km away at 640 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 198 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[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, 4.9 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30025/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30025/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30025/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30025/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30016
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30052
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30038
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30025
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024