Vergèze
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vergèze (INSEE 30344) is in Gard (30), part of CC Rhony, Vistre, Vidourle. Population 5,788 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30344-vergeze
Vitality score
Vitality score 58.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 4,077 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.71 | 20 | 14.22 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.54 | 10 | 5.43 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PATOU · AUX GOURMANDISES DE RACHEL). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE MATHIEU DAUDE). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA SUPERETTE DU COIN · ICBC DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (LES DELICESDORIENTS · LA GUINGUETTE DU COTTAGE · LE FOUGUINZ · PIZZERIA ZANI). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS · JN30 PEINTURE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LA SARRAZINE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE LA GARRIGUETTE). [3]
8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE DENIARD, MÉDECIN · MELANIE BADIN, MÉDECIN · CHLOE SIKIRDJI, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-EMMANUEL GIROUD, MÉDECIN · CORINNE GAROBY, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SALEIL MONTICELLI). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE VERGÈZE BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE JEAN MACE · GYMNASE I DE VERGEZE · GYMNASE II DE VERGEZE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS DES LACS DE VERGEZE). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (O2 · GUERMEUR TIPHAINE · C. COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (LA PASSIFLORE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LE PATOU · AUX GOURMANDISES DE RACHEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE MATHIEU DAUDE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | LA SUPERETTE DU COIN · ICBC DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | SUPER U | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | LES DELICESDORIENTS · LA GUINGUETTE DU COTTAGE · LE FOUGUINZ · PIZZERIA ZANI | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | BAR DES SPORTS · JN30 PEINTURE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LA SARRAZINE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE LA GARRIGUETTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 8 | AURELIE DENIARD, MÉDECIN · MELANIE BADIN, MÉDECIN · CHLOE SIKIRDJI, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-EMMANUEL GIROUD, MÉDECIN · CORINNE GAROBY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE SALEIL MONTICELLI | 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 VERGÈZE BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | GYMNASE JEAN MACE · GYMNASE I DE VERGEZE · GYMNASE II DE VERGEZE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | BASE DE LOISIRS DES LACS DE VERGEZE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 8 | O2 · GUERMEUR TIPHAINE · C. COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | LA PASSIFLORE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 4,875 (2012) → 5,788 (2023): 18.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,135 (1990) → 5,788 (2023): 84.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,624, of which 1.7 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vergèze): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vergèze): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Vergèze): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Vergèze): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Vergèze): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 59 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VESTRIC-ET-CANDIAC weather station, 3.2 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 27 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VILLEVIEILLE, 11.9 km away at 41 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at VESTRIC-ET-CANDIAC, 3.2 km away at 26 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 — 30344/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30344/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30344/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30344/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30344
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magny-en-Vexin | 95 | 630 km N | 5,779 | 62.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
| Doullens | 80 | 727 km N | 5,751 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 % |
| Valdahon | 25 | 413 km NE | 5,705 | 64 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 % |
| Gournay-en-Bray | 76 | 666 km N | 5,723 | 67.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 % |
| Montrond-les-Bains | 42 | 211 km N | 5,652 | 62.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 % |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée | 60 | 655 km N | 5,810 | 59.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrond-les-Bains | 42 | 211 km N | 5,652 | 62.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 % |
| Valdahon | 25 | 413 km NE | 5,705 | 64 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 % |
| Magny-en-Vexin | 95 | 630 km N | 5,779 | 62.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée | 60 | 655 km N | 5,810 | 59.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 % |
| Gournay-en-Bray | 76 | 666 km N | 5,723 | 67.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 % |
| Doullens | 80 | 727 km N | 5,751 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Vergèze'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aimargues | 30 | 6.5 km S | 5,705 | 62 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise | 30 | 53 km NE | 6,835 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Calvisson | 30 | 5.3 km NW | 6,486 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sommières | 30 | 11 km NW | 5,073 | 73 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Milhaud | 30 | 8.9 km NE | 6,297 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Clarensac | 30 | 9.4 km N | 4,386 | 44.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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