Avèze

Gard · CC du Pays Viganais · INSEE 30026

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avèze (INSEE 30026) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays Viganais. Population 1,053 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/30026-aveze

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 14,016 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.91
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER DE ROQUE ROUGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (GERNIC). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE D'AVEZE · ROTISSERIE DES CEVENNES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AVÈZE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU MAS DE COCAGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (COMMUNE AVEZE CAMPING MUNI). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ATELIER DE ROQUE ROUGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	GERNIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LA GUINGUETTE D'AVEZE · ROTISSERIE DES CEVENNES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	AVEZE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AVÈZE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	IDEAL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DU MAS DE COCAGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	COMMUNE AVEZE CAMPING MUNI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 884 peak 2007: 1,087 2023: 1,053 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,081 (2012) → 1,053 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 965 (1990) → 1,053 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 729, of which 13.6 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km NWFood shop — 0.9 km NWGP — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.3 km N 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 (Avèze): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avèze): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Vigan): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Vigan): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Avèze): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 52.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 52.9

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 53 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE VIGAN weather station, 2.3 km away at 222 m; the village itself is at 263 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTDARDIER, 3.1 km away at 640 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 377 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,471 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 16.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE VIGAN, 2.3 km away at 222 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30350
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
Grendelbruch	67	578 km NE	1,195	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Russ	67	576 km NE	1,228	39	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Anjou	38	184 km NE	1,031	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Neffiès	34	53 km SW	1,008	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Étalondes	76	694 km N	1,068	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Savin	86	359 km NW	816	59.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neffiès	34	53 km SW	1,008	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Anjou	38	184 km NE	1,031	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Savin	86	359 km NW	816	59.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Russ	67	576 km NE	1,228	39	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Grendelbruch	67	578 km NE	1,195	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Étalondes	76	694 km N	1,068	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 76 %

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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 Avèze'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
Sablet	84	115 km E	1,436	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Molières-sur-Cèze	30	55 km NE	1,176	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rompon	07	125 km NE	1,139	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Labastide-de-Lévis	81	127 km W	971	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Campsas	82	182 km W	1,473	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-en-Forêt	83	252 km E	1,735	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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