Montpezat

Gard · CC du Pays de Sommières · INSEE 30182

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montpezat (INSEE 30182) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays de Sommières. Population 1,402 (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/30182-montpezat

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 12,094 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE LORRAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ ELLES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MONTPEZAT BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN JAURÈS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER D'AUDREY · ELEVEN COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX DELICES DE LORRAINE	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 [3,4]
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	CHEZ ELLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MONTPEZAT BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN JAURÈS	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	3	L'ATELIER D'AUDREY · ELEVEN COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 465 2023: 1,402 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,060 (2012) → 1,402 (2023): 32.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 671 (1990) → 1,402 (2023): 108.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 634, of which 5.7 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.9 km NEGP — 5.1 km NEPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Montpezat): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Mamert-du-Gard): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Mamert-du-Gard): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Mamert-du-Gard): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montpezat): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 53.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 67.5

Muggy days a summer 5.2

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 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VIC LE FESQ weather station, 7.1 km away at 45 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[10]

The village sits 113 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 8.1 km away at 41 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 117 m below 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 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VIC LE FESQ, 7.1 km away at 45 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 — 30182/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30182/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30182/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30182/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30182
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30281
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
Viuz-la-Chiésaz	74	265 km NE	1,351	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Forgeux	69	225 km N	1,544	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	549 km N	1,543	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Quilly	44	621 km NW	1,565	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Béron	73	222 km NE	1,713	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Oulins	28	595 km N	1,171	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Béron	73	222 km NE	1,713	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Forgeux	69	225 km N	1,544	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Viuz-la-Chiésaz	74	265 km NE	1,351	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	549 km N	1,543	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Oulins	28	595 km N	1,171	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Quilly	44	621 km NW	1,565	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 77 %

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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 Montpezat'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
Lachapelle-Auzac	46	244 km NW	795	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Viols-le-Fort	34	38 km W	1,229	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sumène	30	38 km NW	1,222	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues	34	28 km SW	775	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mas-de-Londres	34	33 km W	674	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	35 km W	2,696	72.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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