Salinelles

Identity

Salinelles (INSEE 30306) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays de Sommières. Population 585 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30306-salinelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,248 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LA PIERRE DE FEU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LOU PESCO LOCO). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 528 (2012) → 585 (2023): 10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 355 (1990) → 585 (2023): 64.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 309, of which 8.1 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sommières): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villevieille): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sommières): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sommières): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aspères): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 63 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VILLEVIEILLE weather station, 2.5 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 2.5 km away at 41 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 754 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 2.5 km away at 41 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

35 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 249,150 € — 2,638 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Gard is 2,338 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30306/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30306/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30306/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30306/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30321
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30352
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30018
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025