Cardet
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Partly served 56.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cardet (INSEE 30068) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Piémont Cévenol. Population 933 (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/30068-cardet
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 93 % of the 14,747 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0.91 | 20 | 18.15 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.8 | 5 | 3.98 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SDF BOISSIER JEROME BOISSIER ELODIE · BOISSIER). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MANOLOV BELCHIN). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT PIZZERIA DU PONT TROUE · ANG). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE BEAU RIVAGE). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CARDET AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CARDET BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING BEAU RIVAGE · CAMPING DU CHERCHEUR D'OR). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | SDF BOISSIER JEROME BOISSIER ELODIE · BOISSIER | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | MANOLOV BELCHIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 3 | RESTAURANT PIZZERIA DU PONT TROUE · ANG | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE BEAU RIVAGE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | CARDET AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CARDET 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING BEAU RIVAGE · CAMPING DU CHERCHEUR D'OR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 849 (2012) → 933 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 569 (1990) → 933 (2023): 64 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 502, of which 10.2 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cardet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cardet): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Lézan): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Lézan): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Ribaute-les-Tavernes): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CARDET weather station, 0.6 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 106 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DEAUX, 7.1 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 79 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 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CARDET, 0.6 km away at 109 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 — 30068/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30068/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30068/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30068/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30068
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30147
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30214
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barthélemy-le-Plain | 07 | 126 km NE | 858 | 46.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Nivigne et Suran | 01 | 270 km NE | 820 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Guerno | 56 | 640 km NW | 989 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Vanneau-Irleau | 79 | 448 km NW | 860 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Iguerande | 71 | 243 km N | 992 | 52.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Thurien | 29 | 738 km NW | 1,000 | 41.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barthélemy-le-Plain | 07 | 126 km NE | 858 | 46.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Iguerande | 71 | 243 km N | 992 | 52.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Nivigne et Suran | 01 | 270 km NE | 820 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Vanneau-Irleau | 79 | 448 km NW | 860 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Guerno | 56 | 640 km NW | 989 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Thurien | 29 | 738 km NW | 1,000 | 41.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Cardet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boucoiran-et-Nozières | 30 | 9.1 km SE | 991 | 51.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Galargues | 34 | 29 km S | 752 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valflaunès | 34 | 30 km SW | 795 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Salinelles | 30 | 24 km S | 585 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lauret | 34 | 27 km SW | 626 | 47.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Mayons | 83 | 200 km SE | 625 | 43.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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