Sauve
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 66.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sauve (INSEE 30311) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Piémont Cévenol. Population 1,988 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30311-sauve
Vitality score
Vitality score 66.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 98 % of the 9,662 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 | 0.6 | 25 | 15.02 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.58 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.74 | 10 | 7.38 |
| Housing mix | 0.64 | 5 | 3.21 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU MOULIN DE BERTOU · LE FOURNIL DES CEVENNES PANI CANTO). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (JB AUBRAC). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ACCENT DU PIEMONT). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (LES MORFALOUS · RESTAURANT DE L'ANCIENNE GARE · COMPTOIR DE L'EVESQUE · RESTAURANT LE BOSSENS). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LA FLORIANE · LE LOVE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE FLORIAN). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANESLY GILBERT, MÉDECIN · SABRINA ROUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · PIERRE HALLER, MÉDECIN · ELODIE LE BUZULLIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE DE LA FOURCHE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAUVE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (LA KAMIONE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | AU MOULIN DE BERTOU · LE FOURNIL DES CEVENNES PANI CANTO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | JB AUBRAC | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | L'ACCENT DU PIEMONT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 10 | LES MORFALOUS · RESTAURANT DE L'ANCIENNE GARE · COMPTOIR DE L'EVESQUE · RESTAURANT LE BOSSENS | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LA FLORIANE · LE LOVE | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE FLORIAN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | ANESLY GILBERT, MÉDECIN · SABRINA ROUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · PIERRE HALLER, MÉDECIN · ELODIE LE BUZULLIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SARL PHARMACIE DE LA FOURCHE | 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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAUVE 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 | 2 | LA KAMIONE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,969 (2012) → 1,988 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,606 (1990) → 1,988 (2023): 23.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,320, of which 17.9 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sauve): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Sauve): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Sauve): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Sauve): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Sauve): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 74 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CONQUEYRAC weather station, 4 km away at 135 m; the village itself is at 108 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COLOGNAC, 13.4 km away at 589 m, over 27 summers. [10]
That station sits 481 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,118 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 15.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CONQUEYRAC, 4 km away at 135 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30311/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/6c35ba27-9918-3bc1-b225-a8cf7a1f2c32— “Les samedis matins à l'entrée du village médiéval de Sauve s'installe un petit marché.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30311/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30311/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30311/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30311
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rignac | 12 | 142 km W | 2,000 | 61 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lanvéoc | 29 | 808 km NW | 2,044 | 51.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 % |
| Maurs | 15 | 164 km NW | 2,174 | 66.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Just-Luzac | 17 | 444 km NW | 2,136 | 55.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 % |
| Laurens | 34 | 76 km SW | 1,815 | 56.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 % |
| Peillac | 56 | 636 km NW | 1,873 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurens | 34 | 76 km SW | 1,815 | 56.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rignac | 12 | 142 km W | 2,000 | 61 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Maurs | 15 | 164 km NW | 2,174 | 66.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Just-Luzac | 17 | 444 km NW | 2,136 | 55.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 % |
| Peillac | 56 | 636 km NW | 1,873 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lanvéoc | 29 | 808 km NW | 2,044 | 51.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Sauve'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcès | 83 | 187 km E | 3,540 | 51.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort | 30 | 7.8 km W | 3,737 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Correns | 83 | 179 km E | 886 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montfort-sur-Argens | 83 | 182 km E | 1,453 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pompignan | 30 | 9.1 km SW | 908 | 48.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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