Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (INSEE 30263) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Piémont Cévenol. Population 3,737 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 53.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 5,958 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 | 0.38 | 25 | 9.52 |
| Social | 0.86 | 20 | 17.13 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.63 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.32 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PLAZA · VANILLE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE FREDO). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL · MAISON BARTHELEMY). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (KAVID). [3,4]
11 × Restaurant (PELLET ET PELLET · RESTAURANT EL GUSANILLO · LETIZIA · RAVIOLIS TIBETAINS · AU COMPTOIR DU NAIN). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (CAFE LE LOUVRE · LAURIE CEVENNES CONCIERGERIE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RACHEL CABANE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FERNAND LEONARD). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE DE LA GALABERTE · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE MONTESSORIE TERRE D'ENVOL). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER COCHET, MÉDECIN · MIREILLE SANCHEZ, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE FAURIE, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MEYER, MÉDECIN · MARJOLAINE BONVOISIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE ROUAN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE ST HIPPOLYTE DU FORT MÉDIATHÈQUE OLYMPE DE GOUGES). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU PRADET). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC). [3]
7 × Hairdresser (ARGELIES EDITH · MELANIE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE CIGALOISE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE FIGARET). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PLAZA · VANILLE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE FREDO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | VIVAL · MAISON BARTHELEMY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | KAVID | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 11 | PELLET ET PELLET · RESTAURANT EL GUSANILLO · LETIZIA · RAVIOLIS TIBETAINS · AU COMPTOIR DU NAIN | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | CAFE LE LOUVRE · LAURIE CEVENNES CONCIERGERIE | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE RACHEL CABANE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FERNAND LEONARD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE DE LA GALABERTE · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE MONTESSORIE TERRE D'ENVOL | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | OLIVIER COCHET, MÉDECIN · MIREILLE SANCHEZ, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE FAURIE, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MEYER, MÉDECIN · MARJOLAINE BONVOISIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE ROUAN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE ST HIPPOLYTE DU FORT MÉDIATHÈQUE OLYMPE DE GOUGES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE DU PRADET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 7 | ARGELIES EDITH · MELANIE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | AUBERGE CIGALOISE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LE FIGARET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,857 (2012) → 3,737 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,515 (1990) → 3,737 (2023): 6.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,384, of which 6.8 % second homes and 16.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 74 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CONQUEYRAC weather station, 4.4 km away at 135 m; the village itself is at 162 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COLOGNAC, 6.8 km away at 589 m, over 27 summers. [10]
That station sits 427 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,161 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 14.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST HIPPOLYTE, 1.9 km away at 237 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30263/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/907abd56-cd91-336c-b609-e281a4daa08b— “Marché de Saint Hippolyte du Fort”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30263/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30263/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30263/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30263
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribérac | 24 | 313 km NW | 3,734 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 % |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir | 41 | 481 km NW | 3,646 | 48.7 | Partly served | no figures |
| Chauffailles | 71 | 252 km N | 3,638 | 55.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cléry-Saint-André | 45 | 459 km N | 3,596 | 49.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bourgueil | 37 | 467 km NW | 3,631 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mortagne-au-Perche | 61 | 567 km NW | 3,898 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauffailles | 71 | 252 km N | 3,638 | 55.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ribérac | 24 | 313 km NW | 3,734 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cléry-Saint-André | 45 | 459 km N | 3,596 | 49.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bourgueil | 37 | 467 km NW | 3,631 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir | 41 | 481 km NW | 3,646 | 48.7 | Partly served | no figures |
| Mortagne-au-Perche | 61 | 567 km NW | 3,898 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 % |
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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-Hippolyte-du-Fort'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcès | 83 | 195 km E | 3,540 | 51.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villelaure | 84 | 130 km E | 3,398 | 42.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cadenet | 84 | 124 km E | 4,363 | 59.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lauris | 84 | 119 km E | 3,921 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sauve | 30 | 7.8 km E | 1,988 | 66.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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