Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts

Gard · CA du Gard Rhodanien · INSEE 30251

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

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts (INSEE 30251) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 545 (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/30251-saint-etienne-des-sorts

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,551 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.82	10	8.2
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT RESTO · RESTAURANT LA PERGOLA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST ETIENNE DES SORTS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ETIENNE DES SORTS BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (FAN DE COIFFURE · MILHAU NOELIE). ^[3,4]

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	3	LE P'TIT RESTO · RESTAURANT LA PERGOLA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	ST ETIENNE DES SORTS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ETIENNE DES SORTS 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	2	FAN DE COIFFURE · MILHAU NOELIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 536 peak 2017: 557 2023: 545 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 527 (2012) → 545 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 413 (1990) → 545 (2023): 32 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 5.3 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NEGP — 2.7 km NEPharmacy — 2.8 km NEFood shop — 4.5 km E 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 (Mornas): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Piolenc): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mornas): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mornas): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 62.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.2▸

Muggy days a summer 9.8

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 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHUSCLAN weather station, 5.6 km away at 30 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHUSCLAN, 5.6 km away at 30 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHUSCLAN, 5.6 km away at 30 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 — 30251/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30251/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30251/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30251/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30251
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
Aigues-Vives	11	204 km SW	532	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Aurons	13	68 km SE	555	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Davenescourt	80	635 km N	555	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Beuxes	86	478 km NW	559	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Marcilly-sur-Vienne	37	454 km NW	550	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Secondin	86	407 km NW	531	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aurons	13	68 km SE	555	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Aigues-Vives	11	204 km SW	532	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Secondin	86	407 km NW	531	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Marcilly-sur-Vienne	37	454 km NW	550	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Beuxes	86	478 km NW	559	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Davenescourt	80	635 km N	555	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %

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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-des-Sorts'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
Cébazan	34	164 km SW	646	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Valière	11	181 km SW	534	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Codolet	30	6.7 km S	597	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cesseras	34	186 km SW	435	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez	34	151 km SW	327	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Azillanet	34	185 km SW	357	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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