Maruéjols-lès-Gardon
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Maruéjols-lès-Gardon (INSEE 30160) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Piémont Cévenol. Population 259 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 83 % of the 17,354 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [4,3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [4]
1 × Hairdresser. [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 247 (2012) → 259 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 161 (1990) → 259 (2023): 60.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 146, of which 13 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lédignan): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lédignan): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Lédignan): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lédignan): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Maruéjols-lès-Gardon): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CARDET weather station, 4.3 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 109 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at DEAUX, 7.5 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 76 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CARDET, 4.3 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30160/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30160/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30160/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30160/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30160
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souclin | 01 | 231 km NE | 262 | 29.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 % |
| Taillefontaine | 02 | 596 km N | 257 | 24.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cuse-et-Adrisans | 25 | 424 km NE | 274 | 30.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 68 % |
| Villuis | 77 | 493 km N | 272 | 33.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sarcus | 60 | 655 km N | 262 | 28.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
| Le Landin | 27 | 652 km N | 254 | 31.4 | Few services | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souclin | 01 | 231 km NE | 262 | 29.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cuse-et-Adrisans | 25 | 424 km NE | 274 | 30.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 68 % |
| Villuis | 77 | 493 km N | 272 | 33.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Taillefontaine | 02 | 596 km N | 257 | 24.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Landin | 27 | 652 km N | 254 | 31.4 | Few services | no figures |
| Sarcus | 60 | 655 km N | 262 | 28.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Maruéjols-lès-Gardon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savignargues | 30 | 6.1 km SW | 238 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Garrigues | 34 | 25 km S | 236 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Campagne | 34 | 26 km S | 318 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bénézet | 30 | 1.5 km S | 290 | 26 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cassagnoles | 30 | 1.8 km N | 457 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Logrian-Florian | 30 | 9.7 km SW | 270 | 32.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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