Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 29.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge (INSEE 30239) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 525 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 29.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 54 % of the 17,698 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 | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.59 | 10 | 5.87 |
| Housing mix | 0.61 | 5 | 3.03 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINTE CECILE D ANDORGE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE-CÉCILE D'ANDORGE BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN VIGNE). [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. [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 BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | 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 | 1 | SAINTE CECILE D ANDORGE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE-CÉCILE D'ANDORGE BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN VIGNE | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 556 (2012) → 525 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 483 (1990) → 525 (2023): 8.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 360, of which 19.7 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Branoux-les-Taillades): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LA GRAND COMBE weather station, 2.9 km away at 499 m; the village itself is at 314 m. [11]
The village sits 185 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 2.9 km away at 499 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 185 m above 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, 2.9 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30239/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30239/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30239/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30239/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30051
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48051
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30239
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariac | 07 | 77 km NE | 541 | 24.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lanquais | 24 | 270 km W | 506 | 27.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Arrossa | 64 | 439 km W | 543 | 31.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 % |
| Euzet | 30 | 28 km SE | 510 | 34.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Denis-des-Murs | 87 | 256 km NW | 545 | 30.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jouhet | 86 | 349 km NW | 502 | 29.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euzet | 30 | 28 km SE | 510 | 34.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mariac | 07 | 77 km NE | 541 | 24.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Denis-des-Murs | 87 | 256 km NW | 545 | 30.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lanquais | 24 | 270 km W | 506 | 27.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jouhet | 86 | 349 km NW | 502 | 29.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Arrossa | 64 | 439 km W | 543 | 31.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brouzet-lès-Alès | 30 | 25 km SE | 670 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prémian | 34 | 122 km SW | 479 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Puyméras | 84 | 92 km E | 585 | 44.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villemagne-l'Argentière | 34 | 98 km SW | 415 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Joucas | 84 | 108 km E | 348 | 29.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Carbuccia | 2A | 473 km SE | 379 | 33.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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