Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas (INSEE 30254) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 2,014 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 34 % of the 9,579 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.93 | 10 | 9.25 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.57 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON POLKA). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (CHEZ KIKOU). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE FRANCIS MARGERID). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDMOND FAURE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HENRI-JEAN SALAS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GENIÈS DE COMOLAS BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (BIOTYCOIF' · R'STYLIST). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MAISON POLKA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | CHEZ KIKOU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE FRANCIS MARGERID | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDMOND FAURE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | HENRI-JEAN SALAS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GENIÈS DE COMOLAS 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 | BIOTYCOIF' · R'STYLIST | 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
Population 1,854 (2012) → 2,014 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,413 (1990) → 2,014 (2023): 42.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 961, of which 4.3 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the CHUSCLAN weather station, 7.9 km away at 30 m; the village itself is at 57 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHUSCLAN, 7.9 km away at 30 m, over 26 summers. [10]
An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ROQUEMAURE, 5.3 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30254/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30254/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30254/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30254/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30254
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30278
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu-lès-Loches | 37 | 446 km NW | 1,733 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 % |
| Lampaul-Guimiliau | 29 | 834 km NW | 2,032 | 44.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 % |
| Assat | 64 | 414 km W | 2,068 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fesches-le-Châtel | 25 | 420 km NE | 2,129 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 % |
| Fons | 30 | 46 km W | 1,735 | 45.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 % |
| Boulange | 57 | 599 km N | 2,427 | 45.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 3 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fons | 30 | 46 km W | 1,735 | 45.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 % |
| Assat | 64 | 414 km W | 2,068 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fesches-le-Châtel | 25 | 420 km NE | 2,129 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 % |
| Beaulieu-lès-Loches | 37 | 446 km NW | 1,733 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 % |
| Boulange | 57 | 599 km N | 2,427 | 45.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 3 % |
| Lampaul-Guimiliau | 29 | 834 km NW | 2,032 | 44.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · 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-Geniès-de-Comolas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montfaucon | 30 | 2.7 km E | 1,540 | 39.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arles-sur-Tech | 66 | 246 km SW | 2,815 | 57.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Orsan | 30 | 8.6 km NW | 1,190 | 36.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ceyreste | 13 | 120 km SE | 4,863 | 55.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Comps | 30 | 25 km S | 1,688 | 41.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sernhac | 30 | 22 km SW | 1,819 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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