Saint-Jean-de-Serres
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Jean-de-Serres (INSEE 30267) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 542 (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 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 17,568 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.92 | 10 | 9.19 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (CARRIN). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CHEZ TONI). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN DE SERRES BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 1 | CARRIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CHEZ TONI | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN DE SERRES 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 518 (2012) → 542 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 382 (1990) → 542 (2023): 41.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 310, of which 8.4 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lédignan): 3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lédignan): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Lézan): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Lézan): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Canaules-et-Argentières): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CARDET weather station, 3.2 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 121 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DEAUX, 10.6 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CANAULES-ET-ARGENTIERES, 2.3 km away at 101 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 — 30267/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30267/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30267/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30267/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30147
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30065
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Georges-sur-Arnon | 36 | 368 km NW | 548 | 32 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Guzargues | 34 | 32 km S | 502 | 36.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malincourt | 59 | 676 km N | 498 | 33.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Symphorien | 35 | 659 km NW | 625 | 33.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Vaast-du-Val | 76 | 674 km N | 462 | 34.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Roche | 63 | 216 km NW | 499 | 32.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guzargues | 34 | 32 km S | 502 | 36.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Roche | 63 | 216 km NW | 499 | 32.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Arnon | 36 | 368 km NW | 548 | 32 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Symphorien | 35 | 659 km NW | 625 | 33.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Vaast-du-Val | 76 | 674 km N | 462 | 34.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Malincourt | 59 | 676 km N | 498 | 33.1 | Few services | no figures |
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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-Serres'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-Jean-de-Cuculles | 34 | 33 km SW | 531 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Salinelles | 30 | 20 km S | 585 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valflaunès | 34 | 27 km SW | 795 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aspères | 30 | 21 km S | 563 | 39.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Canaules-et-Argentières | 30 | 1.9 km SW | 475 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cassagnoles | 30 | 5.8 km NE | 457 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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