Le Martinet
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 39.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Martinet (INSEE 30159) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 719 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30159-le-martinet
Vitality score
Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 73 % of the 16,282 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.52 |
| Housing mix | 0.53 | 5 | 2.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DE LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JOLIOT-CURIE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE ET MARIE-JEANNE DUSSAUT). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE ANTOINE DEPARCIEUX). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HÉLÈNE SEAL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LE MARTINET BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE CAFE DE LA POSTE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JOLIOT-CURIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE ET MARIE-JEANNE DUSSAUT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE ANTOINE DEPARCIEUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | HÉLÈNE SEAL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE LE MARTINET 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 840 (2012) → 719 (2023): -14.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 844 (1990) → 719 (2023): -14.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 570, of which 23.7 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Martinet): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Robiac-Rochessadoule): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Le Martinet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Le Martinet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LA GRAND COMBE weather station, 6 km away at 499 m; the village itself is at 267 m. [11]
The village sits 232 m below 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 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 6 km away at 499 m, over 23 summers. [11]
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. [11]
An average of 1,366 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 16.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 6 km away at 499 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
48 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 163,000 € — 1,221 € per m² of built surface. [12]
27 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 45,000 € — 660 € per m². [12]
The median across Gard is 2,338 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30159/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30159/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30159/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30159/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30159
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30216
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30253
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caves | 11 | 172 km SW | 875 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 % |
| Comblanchien | 21 | 324 km N | 608 | 37.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poissons | 52 | 472 km N | 618 | 33.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bèze | 21 | 369 km N | 739 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marboué | 28 | 479 km NW | 1,108 | 37.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pouzolles | 34 | 107 km SW | 1,233 | 35.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouzolles | 34 | 107 km SW | 1,233 | 35.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Caves | 11 | 172 km SW | 875 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 % |
| Comblanchien | 21 | 324 km N | 608 | 37.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bèze | 21 | 369 km N | 739 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poissons | 52 | 472 km N | 618 | 33.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marboué | 28 | 479 km NW | 1,108 | 37.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 49 % · 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 Le Martinet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinsobres | 26 | 78 km E | 1,034 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet | 30 | 2.4 km SE | 1,218 | 34.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gagnières | 30 | 7.1 km NE | 1,102 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chamborigaud | 30 | 11 km NW | 884 | 66.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bez-et-Esparon | 30 | 54 km SW | 335 | 29.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Coucourde | 26 | 71 km NE | 1,240 | 44.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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