Crespian

Identity

Crespian (INSEE 30098) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays de Sommières. Population 522 (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/30098-crespian

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,706 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL D'EBIOPI). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES SAVEURS DE MALIA · BAMBOU NEM). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MAS DE REILHE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Nursery school (maternelle).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 352 (2012) → 522 (2023): 48.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 159 (1990) → 522 (2023): 228.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 4.7 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Crespian): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Mamert-du-Gard): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Moulézan): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Mamert-du-Gard): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vic-le-Fesq): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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, 2.4 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 9.6 km away at 41 m, over 30 summers. ^[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, 2.4 km away at 45 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

34 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 287,900 € — 2,367 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Gard is 2,338 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30098/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30098/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30098/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30098/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30098
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30281
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30183
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30349
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025