Sumène
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sumène (INSEE 30325) is in Gard (30), part of CC des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. Population 1,222 (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/30325-sumene
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 58 % of the 13,094 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.67 | 20 | 13.44 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.62 |
| Housing mix | 0.16 | 5 | 0.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DURAND). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MARCHE SUMENOIS). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (SARL BETTY · PIZZERIA NAPOLI · DE GRACIA LAURENT · A QUI LOU SUD · SOUL GOOD FOODS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE PONT NEUF). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SUMENE LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SUMÈNE MÉDIATHÈQUE DE L'ESCALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DE SUMENE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE COIFFURE). [3,4]
3 × Campsite (MAS CARRIERE AIRE NATURELLE · CAMPING LES GORGES DE L'HERAULT · CAMPING LA CORCONNE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE DURAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | MARCHE SUMENOIS | 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 | 6 | SARL BETTY · PIZZERIA NAPOLI · DE GRACIA LAURENT · A QUI LOU SUD · SOUL GOOD FOODS | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE PONT NEUF | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SUMENE LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SUMÈNE MÉDIATHÈQUE DE L'ESCALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE DE SUMENE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | L'ATELIER DE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 3 | MAS CARRIERE AIRE NATURELLE · CAMPING LES GORGES DE L'HERAULT · CAMPING LA CORCONNE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,653 (2012) → 1,222 (2023): -26.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,417 (1990) → 1,222 (2023): -13.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,281, of which 42.2 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sumène): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sumène): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Ganges): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Ganges): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Sumène): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SUMENE weather station, 0.6 km away at 198 m; the village itself is at 201 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COLOGNAC, 9.8 km away at 589 m, over 27 summers. [10]
That station sits 388 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 1,323 mm of rain a year, spread over 81 days — about 16.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SUMENE, 0.6 km away at 198 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30325/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30325/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30325/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30325/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30325
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34111
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasalle | 30 | 13 km NE | 1,202 | 56.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jausiers | 04 | 245 km E | 1,146 | 46.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Châteauroux-les-Alpes | 05 | 234 km E | 1,234 | 46.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pays de Belvès | 24 | 233 km NW | 1,298 | 54.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fitou | 11 | 135 km SW | 1,158 | 46.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 % |
| Peyriac-de-Mer | 11 | 117 km SW | 1,187 | 53.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasalle | 30 | 13 km NE | 1,202 | 56.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Peyriac-de-Mer | 11 | 117 km SW | 1,187 | 53.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 % |
| Fitou | 11 | 135 km SW | 1,158 | 46.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 % |
| Pays de Belvès | 24 | 233 km NW | 1,298 | 54.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châteauroux-les-Alpes | 05 | 234 km E | 1,234 | 46.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 % |
| Jausiers | 04 | 245 km E | 1,146 | 46.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · 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 Sumène'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagorce | 07 | 76 km NE | 1,257 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Avèze | 30 | 9.4 km W | 1,053 | 42.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac | 30 | 25 km E | 2,707 | 51.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Charleval | 13 | 126 km E | 2,640 | 56.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vacquières | 34 | 24 km SE | 772 | 34.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loriol-du-Comtat | 84 | 103 km E | 2,486 | 54.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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