Combas

Gard · CC du Pays de Sommières · INSEE 30088

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

Few services 33.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Combas (INSEE 30088) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays de Sommières. Population 780 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 15,805 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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 (SNACK 19). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	SNACK 19	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE COMBAS 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 287 2023: 780 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 590 (2012) → 780 (2023): 32.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 381 (1990) → 780 (2023): 104.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 384, of which 8.6 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km NFood shop — 5.7 km SGP — 7.4 km NEPharmacy — 7.5 km NE 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 (Crespian): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villevieille): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Mamert-du-Gard): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Mamert-du-Gard): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Combas): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the VIC LE FESQ weather station, 3.7 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 6.8 km away at 41 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 51 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VIC LE FESQ, 3.7 km away at 45 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30088/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30088/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30088/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30088/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30352
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30088
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-Vincent-de-Barrès	07	102 km NE	824	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Lescheroux	01	295 km N	726	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 96 %
Bort-l'Étang	63	221 km N	727	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Belleau	54	576 km N	766	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Rivière	37	472 km NW	699	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Sepvret	79	427 km NW	620	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès	07	102 km NE	824	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Bort-l'Étang	63	221 km N	727	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Lescheroux	01	295 km N	726	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 96 %
Sepvret	79	427 km NW	620	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Rivière	37	472 km NW	699	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Belleau	54	576 km N	766	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · 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 Combas'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
Cannes-et-Clairan	30	5.5 km NW	617	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Générargues	30	27 km N	727	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lecques	30	4.3 km SW	473	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sauteyrargues	34	16 km W	441	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Valflaunès	34	20 km W	795	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles	34	25 km SW	531	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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