Ponteils-et-Brésis
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ponteils-et-Brésis (INSEE 30201) is in Gard (30), part of CC Mont Lozère. Population 365 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 48 % of the 18,070 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 | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.85 | 10 | 8.47 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Library (LA GRANGE AUX LIVRES). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 3 | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | LA GRANGE AUX LIVRES | 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 | 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 352 (2012) → 365 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 271 (1990) → 365 (2023): 34.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 334, of which 51.2 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villefort): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Concoules): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Villefort): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Villefort): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-André-Capcèze): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the GENOLHAC weather station, 6.8 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 553 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 18 km away at 499 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 54 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 1,503 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 16.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MALONS ET ELZE, 4 km away at 867 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 — 30201/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30201/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30201/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30201/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48198
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30090
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48135
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auzelles | 63 | 138 km N | 391 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vieussan | 34 | 125 km SW | 267 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 % |
| Caniac-du-Causse | 46 | 187 km W | 371 | 23.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Venteuges | 43 | 75 km NW | 341 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montvalent | 46 | 194 km W | 314 | 29.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 62 % |
| Saint-Julien-d'Intres | 07 | 71 km NE | 303 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien-d'Intres | 07 | 71 km NE | 303 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Venteuges | 43 | 75 km NW | 341 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vieussan | 34 | 125 km SW | 267 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 % |
| Auzelles | 63 | 138 km N | 391 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caniac-du-Causse | 46 | 187 km W | 371 | 23.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montvalent | 46 | 194 km W | 314 | 29.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 62 % |
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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 Ponteils-et-Brésis'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pardailhan | 34 | 139 km SW | 193 | 25.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mandagout | 30 | 51 km SW | 368 | 28.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montirat | 81 | 152 km W | 263 | 3.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rousset-les-Vignes | 26 | 86 km E | 271 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Carlucet | 46 | 190 km W | 230 | 22.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Cybranet | 24 | 227 km W | 384 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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