Brignac

Hérault · CC du Clermontais · INSEE 34041

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brignac (INSEE 34041) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Clermontais. Population 978 (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/34041-brignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 46 % of the 14,450 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (STORIA PIZZ). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CLAUDIA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	STORIA PIZZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALBERT CAMUS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	2	CLAUDIA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 232 2023: 978 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 749 (2012) → 978 (2023): 30.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 317 (1990) → 978 (2023): 208.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 411, of which 3.6 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km SWBakery — 1.6 km SWGP — 1.8 km SWPharmacy — 2.8 km W 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 (Clermont-l'Hérault): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Clermont-l'Hérault): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Clermont-l'Hérault): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Clermont-l'Hérault): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brignac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 63.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.3

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 63 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS weather station, 5.4 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 64 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS, 5.4 km away at 86 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CANET, 3 km away at 46 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34041
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-du-Bosguérard	27	657 km N	950	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 65 %
Yèbles	77	560 km N	980	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	594 km NW	970	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
La Bazoge-Montpinçon	53	605 km NW	953	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Dieudonné	60	631 km N	987	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe	85	498 km NW	1,042	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe	85	498 km NW	1,042	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Yèbles	77	560 km N	980	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	594 km NW	970	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
La Bazoge-Montpinçon	53	605 km NW	953	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Dieudonné	60	631 km N	987	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Bosguérard	27	657 km N	950	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 65 %

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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 Brignac'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
Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles	13	105 km E	564	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saussines	34	49 km E	1,001	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Verquières	13	119 km E	772	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ners	30	71 km NE	830	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez	34	4.6 km N	1,135	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan	30	98 km NE	1,106	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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