La Vernarède

Gard · CA Alès Agglomération · INSEE 30345

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Vernarède (INSEE 30345) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 364 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/30345-la-vernarede

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 18,057 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.27
Housing mix	0.29	5	1.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (OFFICINE DE LA VERNAREDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA VERNARÈDE BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[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)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	OFFICINE DE LA VERNAREDE	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA VERNARÈDE BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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

1968: 943 2023: 364 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 340 (2012) → 364 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 440 (1990) → 364 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 35.6 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.9 km NWFood shop — 3.2 km NWGP — 3.6 km NW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Chamborigaud): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chamborigaud): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chamborigaud): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Vernarède): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Vernarède): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 42

Days at or below 0 °C 15.4▸

Muggy days a summer 2.2

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA GRAND COMBE weather station, 4.9 km away at 499 m; the village itself is at 358 m. ^[10]

The village sits 141 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 4.9 km away at 499 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 141 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 1,366 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 16.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 4.9 km away at 499 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 — 30345/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30345/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30345/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30345/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30080
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30345
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
Laqueuille	63	182 km NW	351	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 %
Marcenat	15	147 km NW	508	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Arbas	31	288 km SW	285	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 57 %
Orpierre	05	134 km E	316	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Turriers	04	172 km E	345	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Ribaute	11	171 km SW	262	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Orpierre	05	134 km E	316	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Marcenat	15	147 km NW	508	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Ribaute	11	171 km SW	262	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Turriers	04	172 km E	345	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Laqueuille	63	182 km NW	351	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 %
Arbas	31	288 km SW	285	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 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 La Vernarède'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
Estoublon	04	177 km E	469	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André-de-Majencoules	30	39 km SW	599	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Arre	30	53 km SW	252	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie	04	184 km E	683	72.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Bez-et-Esparon	30	52 km SW	335	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Olivese	2A	492 km SE	221	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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