Goudargues

Gard · CA du Gard Rhodanien · INSEE 30131

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

Served 64.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Goudargues (INSEE 30131) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 1,125 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/30131-goudargues

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 13,644 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.82	20	16.31
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.93	10	9.28
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.7

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

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

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BEC SUCRE EVENEMENTIEL · O SAVEURS DE LENA). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SOC BRUGUIER · LE PANIER GOUDARGAUAIS). ^[3,4]

14 × Restaurant (CHEZ MARIANNE · RESTAURANT DU COMMERCE · L'AUTHENTIK · PIZZA BENOIT). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SOURCES · CAFE DE FRANCE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (XAVIER BOUNY, MÉDECIN · ARIANE CHABAUD, MÉDECIN · ELODIE BERRARD MATHIEU, MÉDECIN · SUZANNE MALAK, MÉDECIN · GENEVIEVE BELLON-NARCISI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GOUDARGUES - VAL DE CEZE). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Hairdresser (KATY COIFFURE · ELLE AU CARRE). ^[3,4]

4 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LA SARAILLERE · CAMPING LE SAINT MICHELET · CAMPING LA GRENOUILLE · LE MAS DE ROME - L'HIBISCUS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BEC SUCRE EVENEMENTIEL · O SAVEURS DE LENA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE AUBRY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SOC BRUGUIER · LE PANIER GOUDARGAUAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	14	CHEZ MARIANNE · RESTAURANT DU COMMERCE · L'AUTHENTIK · PIZZA BENOIT	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DES SOURCES · CAFE DE FRANCE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	XAVIER BOUNY, MÉDECIN · ARIANE CHABAUD, MÉDECIN · ELODIE BERRARD MATHIEU, MÉDECIN · SUZANNE MALAK, MÉDECIN · GENEVIEVE BELLON-NARCISI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE GOUDARGUES - VAL DE CEZE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	4	KATY COIFFURE · ELLE AU CARRE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	4	AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LA SARAILLERE · CAMPING LE SAINT MICHELET · CAMPING LA GRENOUILLE · LE MAS DE ROME - L'HIBISCUS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Wednesday. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 645 2023: 1,125 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,072 (2012) → 1,125 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 788 (1990) → 1,125 (2023): 42.8 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 835, of which 23 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 11.4 km NE 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 (Goudargues): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Goudargues): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Goudargues): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson): 11.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Goudargues): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 63.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 59.4

Muggy days a summer 4

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 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTCLUS weather station, 6.4 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 10.8 km away at 313 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 232 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 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTCLUS, 6.4 km away at 120 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 — 30131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.goudargues.fr/fr/information/38667/marche— “LE MARCHE SE TIENT TOUS LES MERCREDIS MATINS A GOUDARGUES”
DATAtourisme 2025-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/876e8e56-37e9-323a-ad2c-431aeb83b4fc— “Véritable escapade méridionale, tous les mercredis matins, dans la douceur de l’air provençal producteurs et artisans prennent place : fromages de chèvre, olives, miels parfumés, légumes gorgés de soleil et vins du pays se mêlent aux créations artisanales”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30290
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-Félicien	07	98 km N	1,119	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Barbizon	77	491 km N	1,261	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole	48	106 km NW	1,385	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Cercié	69	212 km N	1,131	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Serrières	07	125 km N	1,095	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Celles-sur-Plaine	88	509 km N	737	65.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Félicien	07	98 km N	1,119	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole	48	106 km NW	1,385	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Serrières	07	125 km N	1,095	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Cercié	69	212 km N	1,131	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Barbizon	77	491 km N	1,261	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Celles-sur-Plaine	88	509 km N	737	65.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Goudargues'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
Ruoms	07	28 km N	2,311	73.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Barjac	30	14 km NW	1,608	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vins-sur-Caramy	83	160 km SE	936	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Les Matelles	34	75 km SW	2,068	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Claret	34	60 km SW	1,745	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Loriol-du-Comtat	84	45 km E	2,486	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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