Les Aires

Identity

Les Aires (INSEE 34008) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc. Population 618 (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/34008-les-aires

Vitality score

Vitality score 38/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 74 % of the 16,888 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DU GATINIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DES AIRES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (JENNY LA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 588 (2012) → 618 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 537 (1990) → 618 (2023): 15.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 420, of which 21 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Hérépian): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hérépian): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hérépian): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lamalou-les-Bains): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Aires): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES AIRES weather station, 0.4 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BEDARIEUX, 7.3 km away at 373 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 187 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 1,081 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 13.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES AIRES, 0.4 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

39 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 128,000 € — 1,171 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 127,650 € — 756 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Hérault is 2,750 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34008/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34008/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34008/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34008/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34119
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34126
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34008
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025