La Rouvière

Gard · CA de Nîmes Métropole · INSEE 30224

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Rouvière (INSEE 30224) is in Gard (30), part of CA de Nîmes Métropole. Population 693 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/30224-la-rouviere

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 16,411 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (DURAND FLEUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA ROUVIERE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	DURAND FLEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 205 2023: 693 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 578 (2012) → 693 (2023): 19.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 353 (1990) → 693 (2023): 96.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 361, of which 7.2 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km NWGP — 1.8 km NWPharmacy — 1.8 km NWBakery — 2.0 km SE 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 (La Calmette): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Rouvière): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 62.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 44.4

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 62 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA ROUVIERE weather station, 0.4 km away at 79 m; the village itself is at 89 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at UZES, 14.9 km away at 72 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 13.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA ROUVIERE, 0.4 km away at 79 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 — 30224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30224/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30255
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30224
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
Rosières	81	165 km W	716	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Wangen	67	577 km NE	639	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mittelbergheim	67	554 km NE	593	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Narcastet	64	375 km W	753	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Marcq	78	578 km N	802	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Fessenheim-le-Bas	67	581 km NE	570	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rosières	81	165 km W	716	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Narcastet	64	375 km W	753	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Mittelbergheim	67	554 km NE	593	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Wangen	67	577 km NE	639	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marcq	78	578 km N	802	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Fessenheim-le-Bas	67	581 km NE	570	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Rouvière'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
Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie	30	9.3 km NE	776	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Celle	83	157 km E	1,659	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Serviers-et-Labaume	30	15 km NE	590	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Collorgues	30	9.3 km NE	671	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Foissac	30	13 km N	445	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Argilliers	30	21 km E	436	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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