Rochegude

Identity

Rochegude (INSEE 30218) is in Gard (30), part of CC de Cèze Cévennes. Population 243 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30218-rochegude

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,055 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

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

1 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE DE ROCHEGUDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING UNIVERSAL). ^[3,4]

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), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 220 (2012) → 243 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 176 (1990) → 243 (2023): 38.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 42.8 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Rivières): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MEJANNES-LE-CLAP weather station, 3.8 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[10]

The village sits 193 m below 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 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 3.8 km away at 313 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 193 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 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 3.8 km away at 313 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

30 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 281,750 € — 2,354 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Gard is 2,338 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

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 — 30218/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30218/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30218/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30218/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30215
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30266
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025