Tharaux
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 6.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Tharaux (INSEE 30327) is in Gard (30), part of CC de Cèze Cévennes. Population 43 (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 6.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 14 % of the 3,790 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.6 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE THARAUX). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE THARAUX | 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
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 56 (2012) → 43 (2023): -23.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 50 (1990) → 43 (2023): -14 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 63, of which 63.5 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the MEJANNES-LE-CLAP weather station, 3.2 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 137 m. [9]
The village sits 176 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 3.2 km away at 313 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 176 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 3.2 km away at 313 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30327/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30327/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30327/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30327/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30266
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubiérettes | 48 | 48 km NW | 44 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 % |
| Termes | 11 | 197 km SW | 48 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Signac | 31 | 332 km SW | 40 | 0.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ourde | 65 | 334 km SW | 43 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 66 % |
| Chauvac-Laux-Montaux | 26 | 97 km E | 43 | 3.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gouaux-de-Luchon | 31 | 335 km SW | 43 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubiérettes | 48 | 48 km NW | 44 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chauvac-Laux-Montaux | 26 | 97 km E | 43 | 3.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Termes | 11 | 197 km SW | 48 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Signac | 31 | 332 km SW | 40 | 0.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ourde | 65 | 334 km SW | 43 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 66 % |
| Gouaux-de-Luchon | 31 | 335 km SW | 43 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Tharaux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arboras | 34 | 89 km SW | 107 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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