Garons

Gard · CA de Nîmes Métropole · INSEE 30125

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 52.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Garons (INSEE 30125) is in Gard (30), part of CA de Nîmes Métropole. Population 5,381 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30125-garons

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 4,385 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	0.32	25	8.08
Social	0.57	20	11.39
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.98	10	9.75
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MAISON DE L'AMANDE · MANDY CAKES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LA GARONNAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (LE BRACONNIER · MMS BURGER · AU BIEN GARNIS · L'HACIENDA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA BRASSERIE DES GARONNAIS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCIS SOIRAT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MONNET). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE BONAL, MÉDECIN · JULIE EGENDER, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS BUVRY, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE SOULERIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PRINCIPALE · PHARMACIE DE LA TOSCANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GARONS MÉDIATHÈQUE SAINT-EXUPÉRY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS GARONS COSTIERES). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (RODRIGUE COIFFURE · PAMELA COIFFURE · SEV'COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LA MAISON DE L'AMANDE · MANDY CAKES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE LA GARONNAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	10	LE BRACONNIER · MMS BURGER · AU BIEN GARNIS · L'HACIENDA	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA BRASSERIE DES GARONNAIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCIS SOIRAT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MONNET	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CATHERINE BONAL, MÉDECIN · JULIE EGENDER, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS BUVRY, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE SOULERIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE PRINCIPALE · PHARMACIE DE LA TOSCANE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GARONS MÉDIATHÈQUE SAINT-EXUPÉRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS GARONS COSTIERES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	RODRIGUE COIFFURE · PAMELA COIFFURE · SEV'COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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: 1,317 2023: 5,381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,617 (2012) → 5,381 (2023): 16.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,648 (1990) → 5,381 (2023): 47.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,305, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.7 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 (Garons): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Garons): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Garons): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Garons): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Garons): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 52.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 15.7▸

Muggy days a summer 8.3

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 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the NIMES-GARONS weather station, 0.9 km away at 94 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NIMES-GARONS, 0.9 km away at 94 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 678 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NIMES-GARONS, 0.9 km away at 94 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30125/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30125/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30125/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30125/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30125
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-Sébastien-de-Morsent	27	636 km NW	5,524	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Privat-des-Vieux	30	48 km NW	5,703	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Phalempin	59	758 km N	4,847	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Marcel	71	336 km N	6,211	60.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 %
Gouesnou	29	860 km NW	6,501	56	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Tigery	91	561 km N	4,333	52	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Privat-des-Vieux	30	48 km NW	5,703	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Marcel	71	336 km N	6,211	60.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 %
Tigery	91	561 km N	4,333	52	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent	27	636 km NW	5,524	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Phalempin	59	758 km N	4,847	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Gouesnou	29	860 km NW	6,501	56	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Garons'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
Lignan-sur-Orb	34	110 km SW	3,227	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Cheval-Blanc	84	51 km E	4,362	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Maraussan	34	112 km SW	4,789	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Robion	84	56 km E	4,816	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Manduel	30	6.6 km NE	7,044	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rognac	13	72 km SE	12,576	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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