Dourbies

Gard · CC Causses Aigoual Cévennes · INSEE 30105

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

Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dourbies (INSEE 30105) is in Gard (30), part of CC Causses Aigoual Cévennes. Population 177 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 15,245 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.31
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'ABONDANCE · LE P'TIT DOURBIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (DOURBIES AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA PENSIERE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	L'ABONDANCE · LE P'TIT DOURBIEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	DOURBIES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE DOURBIES 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA PENSIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 308 2023: 177 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 171 (2012) → 177 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 177 (2023): -16.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 577, of which 81.1 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.7 km WFood shop — 6.1 km NEPharmacy — 8.1 km SWBakery — 8.2 km SWGP — 12.3 km SE 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 (Saint-Jean-du-Bruel): 8.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bez-et-Esparon): 12.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-du-Bruel): 8.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Trèves): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 73.4

Muggy days a summer 0

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST SAUVEUR CAMPRIEU weather station, 6.6 km away at 1,107 m; the village itself is at 884 m. ^[12]

The village sits 223 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST SAUVEUR CAMPRIEU, 6.6 km away at 1,107 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 223 m above 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 1,043 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TREVES, 4.7 km away at 565 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 — 30105/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30105/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30105/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30105/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12231
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30297
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30332
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-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle	07	73 km NE	183	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Salettes	43	98 km NE	156	14.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Sentein	09	241 km SW	175	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 51 %
Le Claux	15	135 km NW	160	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Malbosc	07	59 km NE	146	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs	03	224 km N	146	17.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Malbosc	07	59 km NE	146	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle	07	73 km NE	183	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Salettes	43	98 km NE	156	14.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Le Claux	15	135 km NW	160	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs	03	224 km N	146	17.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sentein	09	241 km SW	175	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 51 %

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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 Dourbies'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
Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel	63	155 km N	211	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Falgoux	15	138 km NW	113	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mandailles-Saint-Julien	15	128 km NW	172	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chaumard	58	344 km N	192	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Roubion	06	288 km E	112	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Roquefort-de-Sault	11	178 km SW	85	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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