Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm (INSEE 30250) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 379 (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 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 57 % of the 18,037 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ETIENNE DE L'OLM BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ETIENNE DE L'OLM 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 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
Population 340 (2012) → 379 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 194 (1990) → 379 (2023): 95.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 8.4 % second homes and 3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Deaux): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vézénobres): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Vézénobres): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm): 0 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 59 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the DEAUX weather station, 3.5 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 125 m. [12]
The village sits 60 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 5 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at DEAUX, 3.5 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 60 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 913 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at DEAUX, 3.5 km away at 185 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 — 30250/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30250/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30250/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30250/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30101
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30348
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30259
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30250
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paray-le-Frésil | 03 | 292 km N | 376 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chézy-en-Orxois | 02 | 568 km N | 389 | 22.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 % |
| Buzignargues | 34 | 35 km SW | 378 | 26.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chappes | 10 | 457 km N | 360 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 % |
| Freulleville | 76 | 679 km N | 386 | 23.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Conie-Molitard | 28 | 498 km NW | 387 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzignargues | 34 | 35 km SW | 378 | 26.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Paray-le-Frésil | 03 | 292 km N | 376 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chappes | 10 | 457 km N | 360 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 % |
| Conie-Molitard | 28 | 498 km NW | 387 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chézy-en-Orxois | 02 | 568 km N | 389 | 22.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 % |
| Freulleville | 76 | 679 km N | 386 | 23.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
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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-Étienne-de-l'Olm'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonquières | 34 | 71 km SW | 590 | 25.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Boissières | 30 | 32 km S | 588 | 25.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues | 13 | 44 km SE | 229 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Césaire-de-Gauzignan | 30 | 3.7 km SE | 391 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Deaux | 30 | 2.9 km W | 638 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Martignargues | 30 | 1.8 km S | 439 | 30.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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