Bédarieux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.1/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bédarieux (INSEE 34028) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc. Population 5,804 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34028-bedarieux
Vitality score
Vitality score 59.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Restaurant; sources disagree on Pharmacy).
Better served than 75 % of the 4,067 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 13.06 |
| Social | 0.8 | 20 | 16.02 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.58 | 10 | 5.79 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.68 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.26 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE MARIE · 4/CARS · BOULANGERIE VIVIEN ET REBECCA · MA'MIE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE L'AUBRAC). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE LOCAL · EPICERIE SHOP MINUTES · MY BIO SHOP · MINI MARKET BEDARIEUX). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET · LIDL · NETTO). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (AU PESCAIRE · LBS). [3,4]
14 × Restaurant (MC DONALD'S · LES CIGOGNES D'ORB · CHAI CHRISTINE CANNAC · LA MARQUISE). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar. [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOL MATE JOLIOT CURIE · ECOL MATE LANGEVIN WALLON). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LANGEVIN-WALLON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE PARTERRE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE FERDINAND FABRE · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE-DAME). [3]
11 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOSEPH LOUZIENI, MÉDECIN · HICHAM AMKIE, MÉDECIN · ANNIE LABADIE-FOBIS, MÉDECIN · STANISLAS MATU LINASI, MÉDECIN · RAMON MARTINEZ LOZANO, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L EUROPE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAX ROUQUETTE). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINEMA JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIERE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF RENE CHAR · LYCEE TECHNIQUE PROFESSIONNEL FERNAND LEGER). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · BANQUE CIC SUD OUEST · AGENCE DE BEDARIEUX · BEDARIEUX). [3]
12 × Hairdresser (SALON NATY · SALON NEWSTYLE · TETE A TETE). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE L'ORB). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | BOULANGERIE DE MARIE · 4/CARS · BOULANGERIE VIVIEN ET REBECCA · MA'MIE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE L'AUBRAC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | LE LOCAL · EPICERIE SHOP MINUTES · MY BIO SHOP · MINI MARKET BEDARIEUX | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | CARREFOUR MARKET · LIDL · NETTO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | AU PESCAIRE · LBS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 14 | MC DONALD'S · LES CIGOGNES D'ORB · CHAI CHRISTINE CANNAC · LA MARQUISE | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOL MATE JOLIOT CURIE · ECOL MATE LANGEVIN WALLON | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LANGEVIN-WALLON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE PARTERRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE FERDINAND FABRE · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE-DAME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 11 | JOSEPH LOUZIENI, MÉDECIN · HICHAM AMKIE, MÉDECIN · ANNIE LABADIE-FOBIS, MÉDECIN · STANISLAS MATU LINASI, MÉDECIN · RAMON MARTINEZ LOZANO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 11 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE L EUROPE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAX ROUQUETTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINEMA JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIERE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF RENE CHAR · LYCEE TECHNIQUE PROFESSIONNEL FERNAND LEGER | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · BANQUE CIC SUD OUEST · AGENCE DE BEDARIEUX · BEDARIEUX | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 12 | SALON NATY · SALON NEWSTYLE · TETE A TETE | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL DE L'ORB | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 6,297 (2012) → 5,804 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 5,997 (1990) → 5,804 (2023): -3.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,128, of which 7.4 % second homes and 19.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bédarieux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bédarieux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Bédarieux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Bédarieux): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Bédarieux): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BEDARIEUX weather station, 2.9 km away at 373 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [9]
The village sits 146 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BEDARIEUX, 2.9 km away at 373 m, over 29 summers. [9]
That station sits 146 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 943 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BEDARIEUX, 2.9 km away at 373 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
sources disagree on Pharmacy
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34028/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34028/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34028/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34028/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34028
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | 50 | 642 km NW | 5,770 | 73.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rousset | 13 | 199 km E | 5,425 | 54.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 50 | 747 km NW | 5,893 | 57.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
| Melle | 79 | 390 km NW | 5,752 | 58 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Levens | 06 | 328 km E | 5,377 | 59.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Briec | 29 | 745 km NW | 5,816 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousset | 13 | 199 km E | 5,425 | 54.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 % |
| Levens | 06 | 328 km E | 5,377 | 59.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Melle | 79 | 390 km NW | 5,752 | 58 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | 50 | 642 km NW | 5,770 | 73.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Briec | 29 | 745 km NW | 5,816 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 50 | 747 km NW | 5,893 | 57.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Bédarieux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Rove | 13 | 171 km E | 5,246 | 60.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caussade | 82 | 144 km NW | 6,803 | 73.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ensuès-la-Redonne | 13 | 168 km E | 5,757 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne | 82 | 177 km W | 3,824 | 50.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fenouillet | 31 | 142 km W | 5,784 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Quillan | 11 | 114 km SW | 2,978 | 69.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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