Abeilhan

Hérault · CC Les Avant-Monts · INSEE 34001

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Partly served 40.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Abeilhan (INSEE 34001) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 1,850 (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/34001-abeilhan

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 10,126 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	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LAGALERE STEPH · LA PIE'ZZ ABEILHANAISE · PIE ZA FOLIE · TAMA'A MAITA'I). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA BRASSERIE D'ABEILHAN). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOL PRIM LEON LAGARDE). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D ABEILHAN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (CLAIRE · AU SALON D'AUDREY · MARJORIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LEA.V HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
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	4	LAGALERE STEPH · LA PIE'ZZ ABEILHANAISE · PIE ZA FOLIE · TAMA'A MAITA'I	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA BRASSERIE D'ABEILHAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOL PRIM LEON LAGARDE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D ABEILHAN	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 MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	CLAIRE · AU SALON D'AUDREY · MARJORIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LEA.V HAIR	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 762 2023: 1,850 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,493 (2012) → 1,850 (2023): 23.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 917 (1990) → 1,850 (2023): 101.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 918, of which 9 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.1 km SGP — 2.3 km SFood shop — 2.7 km S 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 (Servian): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Servian): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Servian): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Abeilhan): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Abeilhan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 23.1

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SERVIAN weather station, 3 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 5.3 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SERVIAN, 3 km away at 66 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 — 34001/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34001/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34001/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34001/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34001
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
Aiton	73	332 km NE	1,874	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Morillon	33	332 km NW	1,834	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Thuriau	56	702 km NW	1,885	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne	53	608 km NW	1,732	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-Lasseille	66	103 km S	1,622	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Turretot	76	724 km N	1,619	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-Lasseille	66	103 km S	1,622	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Morillon	33	332 km NW	1,834	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Aiton	73	332 km NE	1,874	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne	53	608 km NW	1,732	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Thuriau	56	702 km NW	1,885	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Turretot	76	724 km N	1,619	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Abeilhan'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
Alignan-du-Vent	34	4.5 km NE	1,796	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Nébian	34	21 km NE	1,634	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Corneilhan	34	9.8 km SW	1,622	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Creissan	34	25 km W	1,436	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Fontès	34	12 km NE	1,060	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Laurens	34	12 km NW	1,815	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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