Le Pin

Identity

Le Pin (INSEE 30196) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 474 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30196-le-pin

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,897 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MY FRENCH ATTI'TUBE · LES DELICES DE LILI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LE PIN BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 365 (2012) → 474 (2023): 29.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 256 (1990) → 474 (2023): 85.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 260, of which 20.4 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Capelle-et-Masmolène): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cavillargues): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cavillargues): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bagnols-sur-Cèze): 9.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Pin): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CAVILLARGUES weather station, 3.1 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 175 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHUSCLAN, 14.3 km away at 30 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 145 m below 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 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CAVILLARGUES, 3.1 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

31 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 230,000 € — 2,764 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Gard is 2,338 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30196/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30196/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30196/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30196/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30067
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30076
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30028
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30196
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025