Saint-Pons-la-Calm
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Pons-la-Calm (INSEE 30292) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 501 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 17,755 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 | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.78 | 10 | 7.81 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.48 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PONS LA CALM AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PONS LA CALM BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 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 | SAINT PONS LA CALM AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PONS LA CALM 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Weekly market: Friday à partir de 17h00. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 428 (2012) → 501 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 391 (1990) → 501 (2023): 28.1 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 5.2 % second homes and 10 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tresques): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Tresques): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (Connaux): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Bagnols-sur-Cèze): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [12]
Primary school (Saint-Pons-la-Calm): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [13]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [14]
Measured at the CAVILLARGUES weather station, 3.2 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 133 m. [14]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [14]
Humidity measured at CHUSCLAN, 12.6 km away at 30 m, over 26 summers. [14]
That station sits 103 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [14]
An average of 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. [14]
Rainfall measured at CAVILLARGUES, 3.2 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [14]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30292/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.saint-pons-la-calm.fr/adresses.htm— “Marché hebdomadaire, l'Emportée du vendredi -Le vendredi à partir de 17h00”
- DATAtourisme 2025-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/1aa9481b-f537-3820-8b5f-5bd740c5e357— “Le vendredi soir de 17h à 20h, sous les anciennes halles du marché, venez à la rencontre des producteurs locaux.”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30292/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30292/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30292/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30331
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30092
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30028
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30292
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouan-les-Vallées | 10 | 495 km N | 498 | 30.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 74 % |
| Barbery | 60 | 587 km N | 528 | 31 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Gueures | 76 | 694 km N | 522 | 30.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 % |
| Leigné-les-Bois | 86 | 421 km NW | 547 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Rongères | 03 | 259 km N | 555 | 29.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Fontiès-d'Aude | 11 | 198 km SW | 560 | 36 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontiès-d'Aude | 11 | 198 km SW | 560 | 36 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
| Rongères | 03 | 259 km N | 555 | 29.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Leigné-les-Bois | 86 | 421 km NW | 547 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pouan-les-Vallées | 10 | 495 km N | 498 | 30.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 74 % |
| Barbery | 60 | 587 km N | 528 | 31 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Gueures | 76 | 694 km N | 522 | 30.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 % |
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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-Pons-la-Calm'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boissières | 30 | 45 km SW | 588 | 25.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buzignargues | 34 | 58 km SW | 378 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Escosse | 09 | 266 km SW | 356 | 33.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Pin | 30 | 1.9 km SW | 474 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles | 34 | 70 km SW | 531 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valflaunès | 34 | 64 km SW | 795 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
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