Lirac
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lirac (INSEE 30149) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 955 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 14,609 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.57 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LIRAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LIRAC BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (GALATOL JANINE · STUDIO 157). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LIRAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LIRAC BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | GALATOL JANINE · STUDIO 157 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 886 (2012) → 955 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 631 (1990) → 955 (2023): 51.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 483, of which 4.3 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tavel): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tavel): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Tavel): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lirac): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 51 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PUJAUT weather station, 6.8 km away at 44 m; the village itself is at 116 m. [11]
The village sits 72 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PUJAUT, 6.8 km away at 44 m, over 29 summers. [11]
That station sits 72 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 669 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PUJAUT, 6.8 km away at 44 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30149/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30149/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30149/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30149/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30326
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30278
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30149
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordheim | 67 | 555 km N | 945 | 44 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Messas | 45 | 481 km NW | 1,003 | 30.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 72 % |
| Roderen | 68 | 456 km NE | 902 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saintines | 60 | 604 km N | 1,060 | 29.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vert | 78 | 592 km N | 852 | 44.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pieusse | 11 | 225 km SW | 970 | 33 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieusse | 11 | 225 km SW | 970 | 33 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 % |
| Roderen | 68 | 456 km NE | 902 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Messas | 45 | 481 km NW | 1,003 | 30.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 72 % |
| Nordheim | 67 | 555 km N | 945 | 44 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vert | 78 | 592 km N | 852 | 44.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saintines | 60 | 604 km N | 1,060 | 29.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Lirac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle | 34 | 93 km SW | 1,394 | 36.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Barben | 13 | 60 km SE | 868 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Parignargues | 30 | 43 km SW | 629 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montignargues | 30 | 41 km W | 556 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve | 34 | 103 km SW | 947 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pouzols | 34 | 105 km SW | 953 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
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