Avène

Identity

Avène (INSEE 34019) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc. Population 294 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/34019-avene

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 17,792 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE FONBINE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (BOURREL · PIZZ'AVENE · LA PASSERELLE D'AVENE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE AVÈNE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (LES MURIERS · HOTEL BOURREL). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 308 (2012) → 294 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 294 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 602, of which 62.8 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Avène): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ceilhes-et-Rocozels): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 9.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Graissessac): 8.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Avène): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LUNAS weather station, 8.8 km away at 249 m; the village itself is at 380 m. ^[12]

The village sits 131 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LES PLANS, 12 km away at 846 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 466 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,126 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE BOUSQUET-D ORB, 7.2 km away at 278 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34019/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34019/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34019/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34019/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34019
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34071
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34038
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34117
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024