Foissac

Identity

Foissac (INSEE 30111) is in Gard (30), part of CC Pays d'Uzès. Population 445 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30111-foissac

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,952 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BARBECUE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 421 (2012) → 445 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 223 (1990) → 445 (2023): 99.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 9.1 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

An average of 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the UZES weather station, 9.9 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 145 m. ^[12]

The village sits 73 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 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at UZES, 9.9 km away at 72 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 73 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 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at UZES, 9.9 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30111/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2024-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ff9f3fb4-765b-307a-8229-906fc3f8ccfd— “Retrouvez tous les mardis soirs, ce petit marché de producteurs locaux au cœur du village.”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30111/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30111/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30111/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30285
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30174
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30111
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024