Bessan

Hérault · CA Hérault-Méditerranée · INSEE 34031

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bessan (INSEE 34031) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Hérault-Méditerranée. Population 5,838 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/34031-bessan

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 32 % of the 4,044 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	0.36	25	8.95
Social	0.59	20	11.82
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BALLAND · MAISON JO). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE GARCIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BVV DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SODIBES). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (GROS CHARLINE). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (COTE VEZIANE · L'AUBERGE DES RIPAILLEURS · GUINGUETTE DE BESSAN · A TABLE C'EST PRET · OSTELLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BRASSERIE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GEORGES BEGOU). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VICTOR HUGO). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NASSIM HOJEIJ, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE SOUMEILLANT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ANNE ELIXIR AG · PHARMACIE DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DE SPORT). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (FLO COIFFURE · E.L COIFF' · LA MAISON DU COIFFEUR · L'ANNEXE · CAPILL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (PRL DOMAINE SAINTE VEZIANE · CAMPING HORTES LOISIRS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 6 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 3 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE BALLAND · MAISON JO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE GARCIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BVV DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SODIBES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	GROS CHARLINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	13	COTE VEZIANE · L'AUBERGE DES RIPAILLEURS · GUINGUETTE DE BESSAN · A TABLE C'EST PRET · OSTELLO	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BRASSERIE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE GEORGES BEGOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VICTOR HUGO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	NASSIM HOJEIJ, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE SOUMEILLANT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE ANNE ELIXIR AG · PHARMACIE DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DE SPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	FLO COIFFURE · E.L COIFF' · LA MAISON DU COIFFEUR · L'ANNEXE · CAPILL'HAIR	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	PRL DOMAINE SAINTE VEZIANE · CAMPING HORTES LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,972 2023: 5,838 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,690 (2012) → 5,838 (2023): 24.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,356 (1990) → 5,838 (2023): 74 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,288, of which 15.2 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Bessan): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bessan): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bessan): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bessan): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bessan): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.3

Days at or below 0 °C 21.3

Muggy days a summer 13.4▸

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BEZIERS-VIAS weather station, 7.5 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BEZIERS-VIAS, 7.5 km away at 15 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 557 mm of rain a year, spread over 60 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at FLORENSAC, 4.4 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34031/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34031
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-Pierre-lès-Nemours	77	548 km N	5,401	52.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 14 %
Châtel-Guyon	63	286 km N	6,299	60.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 14 %
Flers-en-Escrebieux	59	783 km N	5,424	58.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Jorioz	74	350 km NE	6,390	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 70 % · humidity 7 %
Marles-les-Mines	62	797 km N	5,411	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 %
Champigneulles	54	634 km N	6,551	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtel-Guyon	63	286 km N	6,299	60.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Jorioz	74	350 km NE	6,390	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 70 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours	77	548 km N	5,401	52.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 14 %
Champigneulles	54	634 km N	6,551	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 %
Flers-en-Escrebieux	59	783 km N	5,424	58.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %
Marles-les-Mines	62	797 km N	5,411	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Bessan'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
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers	34	13 km SW	4,500	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sauvian	34	15 km SW	5,608	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pérols	34	48 km NE	9,615	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Palavas-les-Flots	34	45 km NE	6,133	69.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Pézilla-la-Rivière	66	91 km SW	4,129	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ille-sur-Têt	66	101 km SW	5,556	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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