Assignan
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Assignan (INSEE 34015) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Sud-Hérault. Population 174 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 9.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 14 % of the 15,155 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.7 | 10 | 7 |
| Housing mix | 0.27 | 5 | 1.34 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 164 (2012) → 174 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 145 (1990) → 174 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 175, of which 36.6 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Chinian): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Chinian): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Chinian): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Cruzy): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Chinian): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 51 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS weather station, 2.8 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 269 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 2.8 km away at 258 m, over 18 summers. [10]
An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 2.8 km away at 258 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 — 34015/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34015/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34015/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34015/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34245
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34092
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giron | 01 | 388 km NE | 174 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bénouville | 76 | 731 km N | 168 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 96 % |
| Villefavard | 87 | 335 km NW | 154 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 % |
| Mont-et-Marré | 58 | 415 km N | 155 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 26 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cescau | 09 | 159 km W | 163 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Liausson | 34 | 47 km NE | 156 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liausson | 34 | 47 km NE | 156 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cescau | 09 | 159 km W | 163 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Villefavard | 87 | 335 km NW | 154 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 % |
| Giron | 01 | 388 km NE | 174 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Mont-et-Marré | 58 | 415 km N | 155 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 26 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bénouville | 76 | 731 km N | 168 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 96 % |
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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 Assignan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villespassans | 34 | 2.8 km SE | 185 | 23.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Babeau-Bouldoux | 34 | 4.6 km N | 309 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Puech | 34 | 48 km NE | 262 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Ceyrargues | 30 | 130 km NE | 168 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Usclas-du-Bosc | 34 | 55 km NE | 250 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Zigliara | 2A | 528 km E | 127 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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