Aigne

Hérault · CC du Minervois au Caroux · INSEE 34006

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

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aigne (INSEE 34006) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 301 (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/34006-aigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 17,841 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	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.94	10	9.4
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

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

1 × Restaurant (SARL LO CAGAROL). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AIGNE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	VIGNE VIERGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SARL LO CAGAROL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	AIGNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 321 2023: 301 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 269 (2012) → 301 (2023): 11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 209 (1990) → 301 (2023): 44 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 29.2 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km NEGP — 1.7 km NEPharmacy — 6.4 km E 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 (Aigues-Vives): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aigne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aigues-Vives): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bize-Minervois): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 21.6

Muggy days a summer 7.6

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BEAUFORT weather station, 5 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 149 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 m above 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 7.7 km away at 258 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 109 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEAUFORT, 5 km away at 86 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34006/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34006/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34006/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34006/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11041
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
Saumane	30	117 km NE	303	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Lévignacq	40	327 km W	362	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrières-Saint-Mary	15	207 km N	235	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 35 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Maurice-aux-Riches-Hommes	89	560 km N	407	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 38 %
Lacabarède	81	23 km NW	288	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines	89	471 km N	265	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lacabarède	81	23 km NW	288	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Saumane	30	117 km NE	303	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Ferrières-Saint-Mary	15	207 km N	235	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 35 % · humidity 43 %
Lévignacq	40	327 km W	362	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines	89	471 km N	265	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Maurice-aux-Riches-Hommes	89	560 km N	407	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 38 %

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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 Aigne'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
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	23 km N	302	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
La Caunette	34	2.9 km NW	326	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bézac	09	101 km W	485	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villespassans	34	11 km NE	185	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Poilhes	34	23 km E	548	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ucciani	2A	525 km E	504	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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