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Vissec

Gard · CC du Pays Viganais · INSEE 30353

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vissec (INSEE 30353) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays Viganais. Population 68 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30353-vissec

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 7,173 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.86108.6
Housing mix0.0450.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 46 2023: 68 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 54 (2012) → 68 (2023): 25.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 50 (1990) → 68 (2023): 36 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 73, of which 47.9 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 7.6 km N (Alzon)Primary school — 7.6 km SE (Saint-Maurice-Navacelles)Bakery — 8.8 km NE (Arre)Pharmacy — 9.1 km NE (Arre)GP — 9.9 km NE (Bez-et-Esparon)
Food shop — 7.6 km NPrimary school — 7.6 km SEBakery — 8.8 km NEPharmacy — 9.1 km NEGP — 9.9 km NE 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 (Arre): 8.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Alzon): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Bez-et-Esparon): 9.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Arre): 9.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Maurice-Navacelles): 7.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ALZON weather station, 8.9 km away at 611 m; the village itself is at 458 m. [12]

The village sits 153 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at MONTDARDIER, 11 km away at 640 m, over 14 summers. [12]

That station sits 182 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,350 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ALZON, 8.9 km away at 611 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30353/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30353/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30353/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30353/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30016
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30009
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30038
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34277
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cronce43133 km N711.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Colombe05182 km E6511.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Arpavon26154 km E7312.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Orniac46160 km NW733.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Marsas65277 km W6412.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Uxelles39352 km NE6311.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cronce43133 km N711.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Arpavon26154 km E7312.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Orniac46160 km NW733.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colombe05182 km E6511.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Marsas65277 km W6412.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Uxelles39352 km NE6311.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Vissec'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Arpavon26154 km E7312.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Ouroux-sous-le-Bois-Sainte-Marie71281 km N697No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Monmarvès24244 km NW618.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chastel-Arnaud26163 km NE4812No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Rochebrune26151 km E496.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
San-Damiano2B510 km E5411.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %