Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan (INSEE 30266) is in Gard (30), part of CC de Cèze Cévennes. Population 889 (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 56.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 15,031 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.61 |
| Housing mix | 0.54 | 5 | 2.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LEVAIN SE LEVE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE BABETTE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (MIXFOOD). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS ROQUES, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DAUBLON). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT JEAN DE MARUÉJOLS). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (MOD'COIFF · L'AQUA'FURE · NOUVEL'HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MOULIN DE CAVEIRAC). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LEVAIN SE LEVE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | SUPERETTE BABETTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | MIXFOOD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | FRANCOIS ROQUES, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE DAUBLON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 JEAN DE MARUÉJOLS | 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 | 4 | MOD'COIFF · L'AQUA'FURE · NOUVEL'HAIR | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MOULIN DE CAVEIRAC | 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 952 (2012) → 889 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 766 (1990) → 889 (2023): 16.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 699, of which 23.2 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the MEJANNES-LE-CLAP weather station, 5.6 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 127 m. [9]
The village sits 186 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 4 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 5.6 km away at 313 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 186 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 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 5.6 km away at 313 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 — 30266/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30266/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30266/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30266/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30266
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santenay | 21 | 297 km N | 820 | 55.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Souesmes | 41 | 392 km NW | 999 | 57.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 65 % |
| Vouvant | 85 | 472 km NW | 829 | 62.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marcillat-en-Combraille | 03 | 249 km NW | 900 | 60.6 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 69 % |
| Gouarec | 22 | 724 km NW | 866 | 67.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valamas | 07 | 76 km N | 1,075 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-de-Valamas | 07 | 76 km N | 1,075 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 % |
| Marcillat-en-Combraille | 03 | 249 km NW | 900 | 60.6 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 69 % |
| Santenay | 21 | 297 km N | 820 | 55.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Souesmes | 41 | 392 km NW | 999 | 57.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 65 % |
| Vouvant | 85 | 472 km NW | 829 | 62.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gouarec | 22 | 724 km NW | 866 | 67.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-le-Jeune | 07 | 15 km NW | 968 | 70.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint Géry-Vers | 46 | 217 km W | 910 | 50.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Allègre-les-Fumades | 30 | 9.6 km SW | 1,002 | 42.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas | 30 | 9.4 km SW | 734 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roaix | 84 | 57 km E | 626 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Violès | 84 | 54 km E | 1,762 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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