Saint-Nazaire

Gard · CA du Gard Rhodanien · INSEE 30288

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Nazaire (INSEE 30288) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 1,312 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30288-saint-nazaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 12,612 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	8.02
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LAVASTRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ALTITUDE ZERO · PIZZA PASTA DEL MUNDO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SOULIE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-NAZAIRE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LES AMIS DU LIVRE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE MARINE · L'ATELIER DE BENJI). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES TERRAILLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BON SOLEIL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LAVASTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	ALTITUDE ZERO · PIZZA PASTA DEL MUNDO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LEONA TRIBES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SOULIE	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	ST NAZAIRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-NAZAIRE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LES AMIS DU LIVRE	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	2	LE SALON DE MARINE · L'ATELIER DE BENJI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LES TERRAILLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE BON SOLEIL	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

1968: 864 2023: 1,312 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,203 (2012) → 1,312 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,008 (1990) → 1,312 (2023): 30.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 668, of which 4.5 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.5 km NFood shop — 1.8 km EGP — 3.4 km S 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 (Saint-Nazaire): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vénéjan): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bagnols-sur-Cèze): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Nazaire): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Nazaire): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 53.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.8

Muggy days a summer 8.2

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 53 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PONT ST ESPRIT weather station, 5.9 km away at 79 m; the village itself is at 80 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHUSCLAN, 9.5 km away at 30 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 50 m below 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 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONT ST ESPRIT, 5.9 km away at 79 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 — 30288/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30288/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30288/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30288/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30288
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30342
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30028
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
Yébleron	76	679 km NW	1,278	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 92 %
Willgottheim	67	545 km NE	1,057	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Biesles	52	436 km N	1,342	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 12 % · humidity 50 %
Fourques	66	233 km SW	1,347	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Mallemoisson	04	121 km E	957	45.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 4 % · humidity 43 %
Marcorignan	11	174 km SW	1,333	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mallemoisson	04	121 km E	957	45.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 4 % · humidity 43 %
Marcorignan	11	174 km SW	1,333	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 29 %
Fourques	66	233 km SW	1,347	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Biesles	52	436 km N	1,342	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 12 % · humidity 50 %
Willgottheim	67	545 km NE	1,057	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Yébleron	76	679 km NW	1,278	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 92 %

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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-Nazaire'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
Plaissan	34	113 km SW	1,718	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-la-Coste	30	15 km S	2,233	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Domazan	30	30 km S	960	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Adissan	34	121 km SW	1,371	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Pouzols	34	110 km SW	953	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux	81	221 km W	1,054	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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