Servas
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Servas (INSEE 30318) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 219 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 16,520 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.65 | 5 | 3.27 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (JPS). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 | 1 | JPS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 199 (2012) → 219 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 138 (1990) → 219 (2023): 58.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 133, of which 17.3 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Salindres): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Salindres): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Allègre-les-Fumades): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Mons): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Mons): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SALINDRES weather station, 4 km away at 191 m; the village itself is at 192 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DEAUX, 10.3 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 1,072 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 13.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SALINDRES, 4 km away at 191 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 — 30318/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30318/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30318/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30318/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30305
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30008
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30173
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsalès | 24 | 270 km W | 223 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin | 17 | 407 km NW | 214 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Larressingle | 32 | 311 km W | 213 | 23.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pontours | 24 | 283 km W | 209 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Montliard | 45 | 451 km N | 223 | 21.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 % |
| Les Cresnays | 50 | 651 km NW | 227 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsalès | 24 | 270 km W | 223 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pontours | 24 | 283 km W | 209 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Larressingle | 32 | 311 km W | 213 | 23.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin | 17 | 407 km NW | 214 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Montliard | 45 | 451 km N | 223 | 21.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 % |
| Les Cresnays | 50 | 651 km NW | 227 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · 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 Servas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussac | 81 | 175 km W | 255 | 21.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Plans | 30 | 1.9 km SE | 292 | 24.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-du-Puy | 81 | 175 km W | 447 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Potelières | 30 | 8.0 km NE | 363 | 23 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montagnac | 30 | 25 km S | 249 | 32 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sieurac | 81 | 172 km W | 256 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
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