Saint-Gilles
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Gilles (INSEE 30258) is in Gard (30), part of CA de Nîmes Métropole. Population 14,734 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30258-saint-gilles
Vitality score
Vitality score 58.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 1,653 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 | 0.46 | 25 | 11.55 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 15.07 |
| Education | 0.46 | 10 | 4.65 |
| Health | 0.52 | 10 | 5.24 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8.03 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BRUC FRERES LA FOUGASSETTE · L'EPI D'OR · AUX ARMES DE SAINT GILLES · DA SILVA PEREIRA ANA). [3,4]
5 × Butcher (boucherie) (GOUT ET SAVEURS · LA TRADITION · BOUCHERIE SAINT-GILLOISE · BOUCHERIE DES PETIT · LA COTELETTE'RIE). [3,4]
6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CAVEAU CHATEAU SAINT ANDRE · EEM · SUPER MARCHE FRAIS · BIBINE ET RIPAILLE). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
31 × Restaurant (FOOD & BAB · SARL CAFE DE LA GARE · SALON DE THE DE L'AMITIE · PIZZA MARCO). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (LA BOUVINE · CAFE DE LA POSTE · LE CAFE DU THEATRE · SAS LA TAVERNE). [4]
4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB F MISTRAL · ECOL MATE JEAN JAURES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES CALADES · ECOLE MATERNELLE LE VENTOULET). [3]
5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LAFORET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LI CIGALOUN). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN VILAR). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMMANUEL LUCAS, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER PAUL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES MONCHO, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE LECERCLE, MÉDECIN · ERIC VIAL, MÉDECIN). [3]
5 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE POTAVIN · SARL PHARMACIE JOSE LESUR · PHARMACIE VEDEL · PHARMACIE GUICHARD · PHARMACIE SAINT GILLES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE BP 108). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DE SPORT GEORGES CHOULEUR · SALLE DU PORT · GYMNASE JULES FERRY). [3]
5 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE MEDITERRANEE · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC · SAINT GILLES GAMBETTA · CREDIT LYONNAIS). [3]
23 × Hairdresser (METAMORPHOSE · CC CREATION · COIF MAG · L'ATELIER DE STEF). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE COURS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA CHICANETTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 7 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 5 × Hairdresser, 2 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | BRUC FRERES LA FOUGASSETTE · L'EPI D'OR · AUX ARMES DE SAINT GILLES · DA SILVA PEREIRA ANA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 5 | GOUT ET SAVEURS · LA TRADITION · BOUCHERIE SAINT-GILLOISE · BOUCHERIE DES PETIT · LA COTELETTE'RIE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 6 | CAVEAU CHATEAU SAINT ANDRE · EEM · SUPER MARCHE FRAIS · BIBINE ET RIPAILLE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | INTERMARCHE · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 31 | FOOD & BAB · SARL CAFE DE LA GARE · SALON DE THE DE L'AMITIE · PIZZA MARCO | INSEE BPE 31 / INSEE SIRENE 56 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | LA BOUVINE · CAFE DE LA POSTE · LE CAFE DU THEATRE · SAS LA TAVERNE | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 4 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB F MISTRAL · ECOL MATE JEAN JAURES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES CALADES · ECOLE MATERNELLE LE VENTOULET | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 5 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LAFORET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LI CIGALOUN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE JEAN VILAR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | EMMANUEL LUCAS, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER PAUL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES MONCHO, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE LECERCLE, MÉDECIN · ERIC VIAL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 5 | PHARMACIE POTAVIN · SARL PHARMACIE JOSE LESUR · PHARMACIE VEDEL · PHARMACIE GUICHARD · PHARMACIE SAINT GILLES | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE BP 108 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | HALLE DE SPORT GEORGES CHOULEUR · SALLE DU PORT · GYMNASE JULES FERRY | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 5 | BANQUE POPULAIRE MEDITERRANEE · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC · SAINT GILLES GAMBETTA · CREDIT LYONNAIS | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 23 | METAMORPHOSE · CC CREATION · COIF MAG · L'ATELIER DE STEF | INSEE BPE 23 / INSEE SIRENE 32 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL LE COURS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE LA CHICANETTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 13,646 (2012) → 14,734 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 11,304 (1990) → 14,734 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 7,121, of which 3.9 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Gilles): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Gilles): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Gilles): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Gilles): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Gilles): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 58 days a year at or above 30 °C and 13 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the NIMES-GARONS weather station, 10.8 km away at 94 m; the village itself is at 20 m. [9]
The village sits 74 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at NIMES-GARONS, 10.8 km away at 94 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 74 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at GENERAC, 9.2 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30258/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30258/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30258/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30258/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30258
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montargis | 45 | 498 km N | 14,825 | 68.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 % |
| Vesoul | 70 | 458 km N | 15,078 | 67.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 16 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bar-le-Duc | 55 | 569 km N | 14,607 | 63.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 % |
| Romilly-sur-Seine | 10 | 541 km N | 14,959 | 65.6 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 43 % |
| Senlis | 60 | 631 km N | 15,157 | 61.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 % |
| L'Étang-Salé | 974 | 8,891 km SE | 14,464 | 67.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vesoul | 70 | 458 km N | 15,078 | 67.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 16 % · humidity 57 % |
| Montargis | 45 | 498 km N | 14,825 | 68.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 % |
| Romilly-sur-Seine | 10 | 541 km N | 14,959 | 65.6 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 43 % |
| Bar-le-Duc | 55 | 569 km N | 14,607 | 63.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 % |
| Senlis | 60 | 631 km N | 15,157 | 61.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 % |
| L'Étang-Salé | 974 | 8,891 km SE | 14,464 | 67.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 % |
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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-Gilles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berre-l'Étang | 13 | 63 km E | 13,832 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaucaire | 30 | 22 km NE | 15,692 | 65.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vauvert | 30 | 13 km W | 11,671 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteauneuf-les-Martigues | 13 | 67 km SE | 18,455 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gignac-la-Nerthe | 13 | 72 km SE | 10,343 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marguerittes | 30 | 20 km N | 8,346 | 65.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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