Le Cailar

Gard · CC de Petite Camargue · INSEE 30059

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

Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Cailar (INSEE 30059) is in Gard (30), part of CC de Petite Camargue. Population 2,578 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30059-le-cailar

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 8,051 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.84	10	8.36
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LA TRADITION - CHEZ HELENE ET PATRICK). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ELSA). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA-DRIVE LOU SANGLIER · L'ASSIETTE CAMARGUAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE L AVENIR). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CAILAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE CAILAR LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU CAILAR MÉDIATHÈQUE FRÉDÉRIC MISTRAL). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (EMILIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · CORVI TRACY · L'ATELIER DE KENDRIX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LA TRADITION - CHEZ HELENE ET PATRICK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ELSA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	PIZZA-DRIVE LOU SANGLIER · L'ASSIETTE CAMARGUAISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE L AVENIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU CAILAR	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	LE CAILAR LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DU CAILAR MÉDIATHÈQUE FRÉDÉRIC MISTRAL	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	6	EMILIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · CORVI TRACY · L'ATELIER DE KENDRIX	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,158 2023: 2,578 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,351 (2012) → 2,578 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,929 (1990) → 2,578 (2023): 33.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,281, of which 5.1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 2.5 km W 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 (Le Cailar): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Cailar): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aimargues): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Cailar): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Cailar): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 60.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.5

Muggy days a summer 21▸

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 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VAUVERT-DDE weather station, 4.6 km away at 17 m; the village itself is at 4 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 21 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AIGUES-MORTES, 15.4 km away at 1 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 697 mm of rain a year, spread over 60 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VAUVERT-DDE, 4.6 km away at 17 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 — 30059/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/8a59befb-e128-3e48-9c57-2e90ea36df13— “Marché hebdomadaire de Le Cailar”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30059/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30059/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30059/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30006
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
Firmi	12	182 km NW	2,318	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 70 %
Caderousse	84	63 km NE	2,493	61.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Mussidan	24	343 km NW	2,771	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 50 % · humidity 14 %
Courlay	79	510 km NW	2,387	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Le Plessis-Grammoire	49	559 km NW	2,664	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Connerré	72	567 km NW	2,780	67.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caderousse	84	63 km NE	2,493	61.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Firmi	12	182 km NW	2,318	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 70 %
Mussidan	24	343 km NW	2,771	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 50 % · humidity 14 %
Courlay	79	510 km NW	2,387	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Le Plessis-Grammoire	49	559 km NW	2,664	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Connerré	72	567 km NW	2,780	67.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Le Cailar'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
Villeveyrac	34	54 km W	3,972	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze	30	5.6 km SW	3,690	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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