Saint-Maximin

Gard · CC Pays d'Uzès · INSEE 30286

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

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maximin (INSEE 30286) is in Gard (30), part of CC Pays d'Uzès. Population 798 (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 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 15,654 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.77	10	7.71
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

3 × Restaurant (DE CECCO STEPHANE · AUX DELICES DE NAB · OUSTA-MAI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST MAXIMIN AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	3	DE CECCO STEPHANE · AUX DELICES DE NAB · OUSTA-MAI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	ST MAXIMIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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

1968: 255 2023: 798 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 695 (2012) → 798 (2023): 14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 628 (1990) → 798 (2023): 27.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 508, of which 21.5 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km WFood shop — 1.7 km WGP — 2.1 km NPharmacy — 2.8 km W 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 (Uzès): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Uzès): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Siffret): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Uzès): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Maximin): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 65.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 46.9

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 66 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the UZES weather station, 3.8 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at UZES, 3.8 km away at 72 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at UZES, 3.8 km away at 72 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 — 30286/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30286/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30286/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30286/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30334
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30286
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
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	147 km E	787	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pôtan	22	725 km NW	839	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Lissac-sur-Couze	19	267 km NW	705	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Pomport	24	332 km W	735	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chambost-Allières	69	225 km N	816	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quirin	57	551 km N	692	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	147 km E	787	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Chambost-Allières	69	225 km N	816	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Lissac-sur-Couze	19	267 km NW	705	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Pomport	24	332 km W	735	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quirin	57	551 km N	692	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pôtan	22	725 km NW	839	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Maximin'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
Les Mayons	83	171 km SE	625	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Serviers-et-Labaume	30	9.0 km NW	590	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols	84	56 km E	499	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bourdic	30	9.6 km W	359	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pontevès	83	136 km E	784	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Dions	30	14 km SW	527	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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