Buzignargues

Hérault · CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup · INSEE 34043

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

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Buzignargues (INSEE 34043) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 378 (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/34043-buzignargues

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 18,014 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 117 2023: 378 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 271 (2012) → 378 (2023): 39.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 160 (1990) → 378 (2023): 136.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 6.8 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km SBakery — 3.6 km EGP — 3.9 km WPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Saussines): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Drézéry): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Buzignargues): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 5.4

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 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST DREZERY weather station, 4.7 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 12.5 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST DREZERY, 4.7 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34263
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34242
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34043
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
Freulleville	76	705 km N	386	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm	30	35 km NE	379	26	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Paray-le-Frésil	03	322 km N	376	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Montandon	25	451 km NE	371	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 1 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Léger-en-Bray	60	643 km N	378	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Marc-la-Lande	79	460 km NW	356	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm	30	35 km NE	379	26	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Paray-le-Frésil	03	322 km N	376	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Montandon	25	451 km NE	371	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 1 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Marc-la-Lande	79	460 km NW	356	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-en-Bray	60	643 km N	378	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Freulleville	76	705 km N	386	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Buzignargues'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
Saint-Bénézet	30	27 km NE	290	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cassagnoles	30	30 km N	457	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Campagne	34	2.7 km NE	318	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles	34	14 km W	531	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fontanès	34	7.7 km W	358	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Murles	34	23 km SW	353	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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