Le Caylar

Hérault · CC Lodévois et Larzac · INSEE 34064

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

Partly served 57.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Caylar (INSEE 34064) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Lodévois et Larzac. Population 460 (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/34064-le-caylar

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 17,957 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.81	20	16.25
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.86	10	8.57
Housing mix	0.47	5	2.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FERREIRA LUIS · AUX QUATRE ELEMENTS). ^[3,4]

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

5 × Restaurant (CORTESE & COMPAGNIE · BERGER & BURGER · LA TERRASSE DU LARZAC · O'RESTO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE CAYLAR LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DU CAYLAR). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU ROCHER). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	FERREIRA LUIS · AUX QUATRE ELEMENTS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	5	CORTESE & COMPAGNIE · BERGER & BURGER · LA TERRASSE DU LARZAC · O'RESTO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE CAYLAR LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DU CAYLAR	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU ROCHER	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 327 2023: 460 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 438 (2012) → 460 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 339 (1990) → 460 (2023): 35.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 369, of which 26.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.3 km NGP — 11.2 km SPharmacy — 14.5 km S 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 (Le Caylar): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Couvertoirade): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soubès): 11.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lodève): 14.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Le Caylar): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.7

Days at or below 0 °C 67.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE CAYLAR_SAPC weather station, 0.7 km away at 729 m; the village itself is at 738 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LES PLANS, 10.4 km away at 846 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 108 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,109 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE CAYLAR_SAPC, 0.7 km away at 729 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34142
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
Souvigny-en-Sologne	41	430 km N	495	54.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Propières	69	274 km N	484	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chanaz	73	291 km NE	551	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Campuac	12	97 km NW	449	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Gigondas	84	139 km E	448	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Châteaudouble	83	254 km E	476	51	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Campuac	12	97 km NW	449	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Gigondas	84	139 km E	448	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Châteaudouble	83	254 km E	476	51	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Propières	69	274 km N	484	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chanaz	73	291 km NE	551	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Souvigny-en-Sologne	41	430 km N	495	54.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %

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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 Le Caylar'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
Propières	69	274 km N	484	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chézery-Forens	01	330 km NE	433	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Igny-de-Vers	69	279 km N	593	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montaignac-sur-Doustre	19	197 km NW	633	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Charroux	03	258 km N	335	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Thannenkirch	68	575 km NE	451	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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