Barjac

Gard · CC de Cèze Cévennes · INSEE 30029

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

Served 65.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barjac (INSEE 30029) is in Gard (30), part of CC de Cèze Cévennes. Population 1,608 (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/30029-barjac

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 11,123 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	0.63	25	15.75
Social	0.82	20	16.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.81
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE MARIE ET JULIO · LA BAGUETTE A BULLES). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA COURONNE D'AGNEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE DE BARJAC). ^[4]

20 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE MONTEIL · BEERS&BURGERS · AU BON VIEUX TEMPS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DU MIDI). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST LAURENT). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUILLAUME DAVID, MÉDECIN · ALAIN LEFEBVRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BARJAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BARJAC BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN-PIERRE CHABROL). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CINEMA JEAN-LOUIS TRINTIGNANT). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (RIEU GEORGETTE · LIOTARD ARLENE · ART'COIF · UNIK COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE MAS DU TERME). ^[3,4]

4 × Campsite (LE MAS NEUF AIRE NATURELLE · CAMPING DE LA COMBE · CAMPING DU MAS DE REBOUL · CAMPING LA BUISSIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LES DELICES DE MARIE ET JULIO · LA BAGUETTE A BULLES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	LA COURONNE D'AGNEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LA FROMAGERIE DE BARJAC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	20	RESTAURANT LE MONTEIL · BEERS&BURGERS · AU BON VIEUX TEMPS	INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 33 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DU MIDI	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST LAURENT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	GUILLAUME DAVID, MÉDECIN · ALAIN LEFEBVRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BARJAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BARJAC BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN-PIERRE CHABROL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CINEMA JEAN-LOUIS TRINTIGNANT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	7	RIEU GEORGETTE · LIOTARD ARLENE · ART'COIF · UNIK COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE MAS DU TERME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	4	LE MAS NEUF AIRE NATURELLE · CAMPING DE LA COMBE · CAMPING DU MAS DE REBOUL · CAMPING LA BUISSIERE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,056 2023: 1,608 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,552 (2012) → 1,608 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,361 (1990) → 1,608 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,122, of which 16.3 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Barjac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barjac): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barjac): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Barjac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Barjac): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 63.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 59.4

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MONTCLUS weather station, 8 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 10.3 km away at 313 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 153 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MONTCLUS, 8 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30029
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
Ydes	15	190 km NW	1,641	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Champlitte	70	379 km N	1,585	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-Croix	29	796 km NW	1,669	63.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Salies-du-Salat	31	303 km SW	1,733	58.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Murat	15	147 km NW	1,770	68.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Massiac	15	138 km NW	1,796	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Massiac	15	138 km NW	1,796	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 64 %
Murat	15	147 km NW	1,770	68.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Ydes	15	190 km NW	1,641	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Salies-du-Salat	31	303 km SW	1,733	58.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Champlitte	70	379 km N	1,585	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-Croix	29	796 km NW	1,669	63.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Barjac'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
Ruoms	07	16 km N	2,311	73.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Anduze	30	40 km SW	3,391	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Goudargues	30	14 km SE	1,125	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Caromb	84	64 km E	3,479	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Les Matelles	34	77 km SW	2,068	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Claret	34	61 km SW	1,745	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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