Saint-André-de-Valborgne
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 36.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-André-de-Valborgne (INSEE 30231) is in Gard (30), part of CC Causses Aigoual Cévennes. Population 366 (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 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 18,035 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.34 | 10 | 3.38 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (DEDE DU VAL · L'AUBERGE DES RIGONDETTES). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU NORD). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE BRUN BANDERRA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ANDRÉ DE VALBORGNE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING PIRATE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [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] | |
| 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 | 2 | DEDE DU VAL · L'AUBERGE DES RIGONDETTES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DU NORD | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | AURELIE BRUN BANDERRA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ANDRÉ DE VALBORGNE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING PIRATE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 432 (2012) → 366 (2023): -15.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 437 (1990) → 366 (2023): -16.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 594, of which 55.2 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Pompidou): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-André-de-Valborgne): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Val-d'Aigoual): 9 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-André-de-Valborgne): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the MONT AIGOUAL weather station, 9 km away at 1,567 m; the village itself is at 441 m. [12]
The village sits 1,126 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at MONT AIGOUAL, 9 km away at 1,567 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 1,126 m above 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 1,498 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 16.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST-ANDRE-DE-VALEBORGNE, 0.1 km away at 450 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30231/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30231/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30231/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30231/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48115
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48144
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30231
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30339
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maël-Pestivien | 22 | 714 km NW | 362 | 35.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méolans-Revel | 04 | 227 km E | 321 | 38.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Devesset | 07 | 116 km NE | 310 | 26.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 % |
| Serralongue | 66 | 216 km SW | 244 | 40.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mandagout | 30 | 16 km S | 368 | 28.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fraisse-sur-Agout | 34 | 94 km SW | 319 | 32.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandagout | 30 | 16 km S | 368 | 28.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fraisse-sur-Agout | 34 | 94 km SW | 319 | 32.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Devesset | 07 | 116 km NE | 310 | 26.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 % |
| Serralongue | 66 | 216 km SW | 244 | 40.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méolans-Revel | 04 | 227 km E | 321 | 38.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maël-Pestivien | 22 | 714 km NW | 362 | 35.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Saint-André-de-Valborgne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Île-d'Arz | 56 | 630 km NW | 321 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Feuillée | 29 | 746 km NW | 677 | 36.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loqueffret | 29 | 742 km NW | 336 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Scrignac | 29 | 738 km NW | 816 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Penne | 06 | 262 km E | 254 | 29.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Duault | 22 | 720 km NW | 385 | 28.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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