Portes

Identity

Portes (INSEE 30203) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 320 (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/30203-portes

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,948 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]

1 × Restaurant (CHAMOIN CONCEPT PUB). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS DE PORTES). ^[4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 363 (2012) → 320 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 313 (1990) → 320 (2023): 2.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 269, of which 18.2 % second homes and 21.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Martinet): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chamborigaud): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Martinet): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Vernarède): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Vernarède): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA GRAND COMBE weather station, 3.2 km away at 499 m; the village itself is at 557 m. ^[11]

The village sits 58 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 3.2 km away at 499 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 58 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 1,366 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, 3.2 km away at 499 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30203/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30203/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30203/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30203/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30159
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30080
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30345
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024