Babeau-Bouldoux

Identity

Babeau-Bouldoux (INSEE 34021) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Sud-Hérault. Population 309 (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/34021-babeau-bouldoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 17,909 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

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 290 (2012) → 309 (2023): 6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 249 (1990) → 309 (2023): 24.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 249, of which 34.1 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Chinian): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Chinian): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Chinian): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cruzy): 9.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Chinian): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 13 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS weather station, 6.9 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[10]

The village sits 73 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 6.9 km away at 258 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 73 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[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, 6.9 km away at 258 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

31 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 82,290 € — 1,170 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Hérault is 2,750 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34021/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34021/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34021/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34021/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34245
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34092
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025