Autignac

Hérault · CC Les Avant-Monts · INSEE 34018

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

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Autignac (INSEE 34018) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 982 (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/34018-autignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 14,438 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.91	10	9.07
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.09

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 1 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) (LES 2 NA). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (HARRY'S TANDOOR · MANJA E CALA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	LES 2 NA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	HARRY'S TANDOOR · MANJA E CALA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ABEL GAU	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 1,005 2023: 982 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 875 (2012) → 982 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 698 (1990) → 982 (2023): 40.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 657, of which 29.1 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km NEGP — 3.5 km NEPharmacy — 3.6 km NE 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 (Laurens): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Laurens): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Laurens): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Autignac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.4▸

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MURVIEL LES BEZIERS weather station, 3.1 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 3.1 km away at 140 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 629 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 3.1 km away at 140 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 — 34018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34018
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
Argelliers	34	46 km NE	1,002	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Bouleternère	66	106 km SW	951	41.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes	35	688 km NW	975	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Le Tronchet	35	676 km NW	1,202	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Michery	89	535 km N	1,078	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Hostun	26	236 km NE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Argelliers	34	46 km NE	1,002	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Bouleternère	66	106 km SW	951	41.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Hostun	26	236 km NE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Michery	89	535 km N	1,078	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Le Tronchet	35	676 km NW	1,202	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes	35	688 km NW	975	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Autignac'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
Creissan	34	19 km SW	1,436	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Puimisson	34	7.0 km SE	1,225	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nizas	34	19 km E	662	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Valros	34	18 km SE	1,685	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Gabian	34	8.5 km E	886	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Puissalicon	34	7.1 km SE	1,353	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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