Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle

Gard · CA Alès Agglomération · INSEE 30268

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle (INSEE 30268) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 589 (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 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 37 % of the 17,178 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.76
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CABANA PIZZA). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ST JEAN DE VALÉRISCLE BIBLIOTHÈQUE FRANCIS LACASSIN). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (L'OREE DES CEVENNES). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	CABANA PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ST JEAN DE VALÉRISCLE BIBLIOTHÈQUE FRANCIS LACASSIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	L'OREE DES CEVENNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,282 2023: 589 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 704 (2012) → 589 (2023): -16.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 672 (1990) → 589 (2023): -12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 439, of which 19.1 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km SEBakery — 2.0 km EPharmacy — 2.4 km WGP — 2.8 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Les Mages): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Mages): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Molières-sur-Cèze): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 45.3

Muggy days a summer 3.4

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SALINDRES weather station, 6.5 km away at 191 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 10.7 km away at 499 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 274 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,072 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 13.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SALINDRES, 6.5 km away at 191 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30268/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30268/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30268/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30268/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30268
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
Aromas	39	252 km NE	580	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Philbert-des-Champs	14	627 km NW	639	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ervauville	45	438 km N	561	31.7	Few services	no figures
Ailhon	07	44 km N	553	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Roussennac	12	152 km W	618	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Bourdeau	73	210 km NE	572	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ailhon	07	44 km N	553	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Roussennac	12	152 km W	618	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Bourdeau	73	210 km NE	572	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Aromas	39	252 km NE	580	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 %
Ervauville	45	438 km N	561	31.7	Few services	no figures
Saint-Philbert-des-Champs	14	627 km NW	639	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Valériscle'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-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille	30	18 km SW	513	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Victor-de-Malcap	30	6.4 km E	819	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Foissac	30	25 km SE	445	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vallabrix	30	33 km SE	414	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Valliguières	30	43 km SE	653	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Collorgues	30	28 km SE	671	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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