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Caussiniojouls

Hérault · CC Les Avant-Monts · INSEE 34062

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

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caussiniojouls (INSEE 34062) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 164 (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/34062-caussiniojouls

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 14,769 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.86108.55
Housing mix0.5652.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LAS GINESTA). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LAS GINESTAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 155 2023: 164 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 129 (2012) → 164 (2023): 27.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 164 (2023): 35.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 126, of which 22.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.5 km NE (Faugères)Primary school — 2.5 km S (Cabrerolles)Food shop — 4.7 km SE (Laurens)GP — 4.8 km SE (Laurens)Pharmacy — 4.8 km SE (Laurens)
Bakery — 2.5 km NEPrimary school — 2.5 km SFood shop — 4.7 km SEGP — 4.8 km SEPharmacy — 4.8 km SE 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 (Faugères): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Laurens): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Laurens): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Laurens): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Cabrerolles): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LES AIRES weather station, 5.2 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 312 m. [11]

The village sits 122 m above 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 8.4 km away at 140 m, over 29 summers. [11]

That station sits 172 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,081 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 13.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LES AIRES, 5.2 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34062/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34062/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34062/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34062/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34096
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34130
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34044
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rossillon01319 km NE16622.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Ger65264 km W16020.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Menétru-le-Vignoble39407 km NE16418.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Prébois38245 km NE17019.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Le Vaudioux39411 km NE16818.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Fontenay-sur-Mer50743 km NW16114.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Prébois38245 km NE17019.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Ger65264 km W16020.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Rossillon01319 km NE16622.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Menétru-le-Vignoble39407 km NE16418.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Le Vaudioux39411 km NE16818.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Fontenay-sur-Mer50743 km NW16114.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 62 % · 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 Caussiniojouls'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lavours01325 km NE13820.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bazac16310 km NW1508.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre8149 km W18811.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Campagnac81118 km NW15715No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Juillac33285 km NW21621.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Escamps46152 km NW20620.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %