Bélarga

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34029

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

Partly served 44/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bélarga (INSEE 34029) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 664 (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/34029-belarga

Vitality score

Vitality score 44/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 16,648 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.99

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 1 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) (L'EPICERIC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PAELLA DEL CHULY · LA PIZZAIOLA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAFFRE-BAUGE). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'INSTANT DU CHEVEU). ^[3,4]

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 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIC	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	2	PAELLA DEL CHULY · LA PIZZAIOLA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAFFRE-BAUGE	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	BELARGA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	1	L'INSTANT DU CHEVEU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 247 2023: 664 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 452 (2012) → 664 (2023): 46.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 241 (1990) → 664 (2023): 175.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 338, of which 10.1 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.5 km SWPharmacy — 2.5 km SWBakery — 2.6 km SW 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 (Paulhan): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bélarga): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Paulhan): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Paulhan): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bélarga): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.3

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 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE POUGET weather station, 4.3 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 27 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS, 12.5 km away at 86 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 59 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 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE POUGET, 4.3 km away at 70 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 — 34029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34029
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
Étuz	70	464 km NE	713	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Barbaira	11	89 km SW	805	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Bouleternère	66	124 km SW	951	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Cruviers-Lascours	30	76 km NE	707	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Cruscades	11	68 km SW	936	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Savigny-en-Septaine	18	395 km N	685	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cruscades	11	68 km SW	936	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Cruviers-Lascours	30	76 km NE	707	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Barbaira	11	89 km SW	805	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Bouleternère	66	124 km SW	951	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Savigny-en-Septaine	18	395 km N	685	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Étuz	70	464 km NE	713	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 50 % · 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 Bélarga'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
Verquières	13	120 km E	772	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles	13	105 km E	564	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Pouzols	34	7.6 km N	953	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Domazan	30	103 km NE	960	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Poilhes	34	43 km SW	548	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tressan	34	2.4 km N	683	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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