Aigues-Vives

Hérault · CC du Minervois au Caroux · INSEE 34007

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

Partly served 50.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aigues-Vives (INSEE 34007) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 476 (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/34007-aigues-vives

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,882 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.87	10	8.72
Housing mix	0.44	5	2.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DOUCEURS MINERVOISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (UTILE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DES AMIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAETITIA FAURE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (GEKIERE ANNETTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES DOUCEURS MINERVOISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	AUBERGE DES AMIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LAETITIA FAURE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	AIGUES VIVES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	GEKIERE ANNETTE	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 [3,4]
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: 503 2023: 476 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 446 (2012) → 476 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 347 (1990) → 476 (2023): 37.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 370, of which 28.1 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 1.9 km WPharmacy — 5.1 km SE 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): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aigues-Vives): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aigues-Vives): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bize-Minervois): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aigne): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 11.1▸

Muggy days a summer 7.7

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 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS weather station, 6.3 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 124 m. ^[11]

The village sits 134 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 6.3 km away at 258 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 134 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 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 6.3 km away at 258 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 — 34007/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34007/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34007/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34007/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34006
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
Corneilla-de-Conflent	66	93 km SW	527	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Coursegoules	06	344 km E	564	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Prémian	34	21 km N	479	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Lépin-le-Lac	73	339 km NE	466	51.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Julien-de-Lampon	24	205 km NW	660	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Gy-en-Sologne	41	456 km N	475	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Prémian	34	21 km N	479	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Corneilla-de-Conflent	66	93 km SW	527	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Julien-de-Lampon	24	205 km NW	660	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Lépin-le-Lac	73	339 km NE	466	51.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %
Coursegoules	06	344 km E	564	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Gy-en-Sologne	41	456 km N	475	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Aigues-Vives'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
Azillanet	34	6.7 km W	357	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cesseras	34	8.4 km W	435	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cébazan	34	15 km NE	646	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts	30	179 km NE	545	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Codolet	30	175 km NE	597	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Oupia	34	6.9 km SW	274	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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