Saint-André-d'Olérargues

Identity

Saint-André-d'Olérargues (INSEE 30232) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 443 (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/30232-saint-andre-d-olerargues

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,907 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 (FOOD-BOWL). ^[3,4]

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

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), 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 404 (2012) → 443 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 268 (1990) → 443 (2023): 65.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 277, of which 22.4 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Verfeuil): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Marcel-de-Careiret): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Goudargues): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bagnols-sur-Cèze): 10.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-André-d'Olérargues): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CAVILLARGUES weather station, 6.2 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 217 m. ^[13]

The village sits 86 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 13.7 km away at 313 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 96 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CAVILLARGUES, 6.2 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30232/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30232/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30232/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30232/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30343
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30282
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30131
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30028
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30232
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024