L'Estréchure

Identity

L'Estréchure (INSEE 30108) is in Gard (30), part of CC Causses Aigoual Cévennes. Population 151 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30108-l-estrechure

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 14,120 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). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE CHAPITRE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ESTRÉCHURE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 173 (2012) → 151 (2023): -12.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 140 (1990) → 151 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 235, of which 61.3 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (L'Estréchure): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saumane): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-André-de-Valborgne): 7.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française): 7.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saumane): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST JEAN DU GARD weather station, 7 km away at 196 m; the village itself is at 299 m. ^[12]

The village sits 103 m above 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 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COLOGNAC, 10 km away at 589 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 290 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 1,527 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 16.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT ANDRE DE VALBORGNE, 4.3 km away at 354 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30108/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30108/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30108/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30108/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30108
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30310
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30231
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48148
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024