Carnas

Gard · CC du Piémont Cévenol · INSEE 30069

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 39.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Carnas (INSEE 30069) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Piémont Cévenol. Population 537 (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/30069-carnas

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,590 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (NEREATWOFAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (CARRE D' R). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	1	NEREATWOFAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CARNAS 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	2	CARRE D' R	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 259 2023: 537 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 441 (2012) → 537 (2023): 21.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 266 (1990) → 537 (2023): 101.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 289, of which 16.6 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.5 km WPharmacy — 7.1 km NWFood shop — 7.4 km NWBakery — 7.9 km NW 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 (Claret): 7.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Claret): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sauteyrargues): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Claret): 7.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Carnas): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 63.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 59.9

Muggy days a summer 5.9

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

Measured at the VIC LE FESQ weather station, 8 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 9.2 km away at 41 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 54 m below 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 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VIC LE FESQ, 8 km away at 45 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 — 30069/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30069/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30069/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30069/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34078
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34297
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30069
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
Tréogat	29	787 km NW	573	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Marols	42	183 km N	462	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Monétay-sur-Allier	03	289 km N	536	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Taizé-Aizie	16	385 km NW	593	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Le Pin	30	53 km NE	474	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Nathalène	24	246 km NW	648	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Pin	30	53 km NE	474	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Marols	42	183 km N	462	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Nathalène	24	246 km NW	648	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Monétay-sur-Allier	03	289 km N	536	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Taizé-Aizie	16	385 km NW	593	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Tréogat	29	787 km NW	573	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Carnas'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
Valflaunès	34	9.8 km W	795	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Guzargues	34	13 km SW	502	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montmirat	30	12 km NE	469	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lauret	34	8.3 km W	626	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lecques	30	6.1 km E	473	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cannes-et-Clairan	30	11 km NE	617	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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