Générac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.6/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Générac (INSEE 30128) is in Gard (30), part of CA de Nîmes Métropole. Population 4,046 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/30128-generac
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie); sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 50 % of the 5,580 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 | 0.38 | 25 | 9.52 |
| Social | 0.55 | 20 | 11.07 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.88 | 10 | 8.83 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL BOUVET · BRUC FRERES LA FOUGASSETTE). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (D.S E · BOUCHERIE LEAL CHEZ ALAIN ET ALINE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES REBOUSSIERS). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (MARKET). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (L'INSTANT DU SUD · LES CALADES · TRIN-TREN · PIZZA JACKY · PIZZERIA DES COSTIERES). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES ARISTOLOCHES). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LI FLOU D'ARMAS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT LOUIS). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NATHALIE LOREAU-COURTHIAL, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE CHEVALLIER-CHABRAT, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN ALEPEE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL SAVARE VIDAL MICHAUD). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (GENERAC LPR RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GÉNÉRAC MÉDIATHÈQUE CARPE DIEM). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE LEOPOLD DELMAS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE GENERAC · HALLE AUX SPORTS). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (COULEURS SOLEIL · ATELIER COIFFURE BY O · L'ATELIER LEAR). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | EURL BOUVET · BRUC FRERES LA FOUGASSETTE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | D.S E · BOUCHERIE LEAL CHEZ ALAIN ET ALINE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LES REBOUSSIERS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | MARKET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | L'INSTANT DU SUD · LES CALADES · TRIN-TREN · PIZZA JACKY · PIZZERIA DES COSTIERES | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE DE LA PLACE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LES ARISTOLOCHES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LI FLOU D'ARMAS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT LOUIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | NATHALIE LOREAU-COURTHIAL, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE CHEVALLIER-CHABRAT, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN ALEPEE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL SAVARE VIDAL MICHAUD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | GENERAC LPR RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GÉNÉRAC MÉDIATHÈQUE CARPE DIEM | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | SALLE LEOPOLD DELMAS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE GENERAC · HALLE AUX SPORTS | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | COULEURS SOLEIL · ATELIER COIFFURE BY O · L'ATELIER LEAR | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 4,012 (2012) → 4,046 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,925 (1990) → 4,046 (2023): 38.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,991, of which 2.2 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Générac): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Générac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Générac): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Générac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Générac): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VAUVERT-DDE weather station, 6.9 km away at 17 m; the village itself is at 74 m. [9]
The village sits 57 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at NIMES-GARONS, 7.2 km away at 94 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at GENERAC, 0.4 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30128/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30128/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30128/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30128/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30128
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmélian | 73 | 239 km NE | 4,024 | 54.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 % |
| Le Plessis-Belleville | 60 | 609 km N | 4,009 | 59 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 % |
| Pont-de-l'Arche | 27 | 666 km N | 4,133 | 53.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 % |
| Is-sur-Tille | 21 | 426 km N | 4,302 | 57 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 26 % · humidity 50 % |
| Château-Renault | 37 | 506 km NW | 4,392 | 57.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ham | 80 | 676 km N | 4,378 | 53.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmélian | 73 | 239 km NE | 4,024 | 54.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 % |
| Is-sur-Tille | 21 | 426 km N | 4,302 | 57 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 26 % · humidity 50 % |
| Château-Renault | 37 | 506 km NW | 4,392 | 57.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 % |
| Le Plessis-Belleville | 60 | 609 km N | 4,009 | 59 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 % |
| Pont-de-l'Arche | 27 | 666 km N | 4,133 | 53.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ham | 80 | 676 km N | 4,378 | 53.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · 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 Générac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodève | 34 | 83 km W | 7,251 | 66.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bellegarde | 30 | 14 km E | 8,035 | 67.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beauvoisin | 30 | 2.3 km SW | 6,066 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouillargues | 30 | 10 km NE | 6,070 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maraussan | 34 | 104 km W | 4,789 | 47.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Varilhes | 09 | 233 km W | 3,487 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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