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Cazedarnes

Hérault · CC Sud-Hérault · INSEE 34065

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

Few services 38.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cazedarnes (INSEE 34065) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Sud-Hérault. Population 682 (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/34065-cazedarnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 16,506 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
Social0.48209.5
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7553.76

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 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MARIANAT). [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CAZEDARNES AP). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE CLARDELUNO). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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]
Restaurant3MARIANATINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1CAZEDARNES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE CLARDELUNOINSEE BPE 1 [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: 353 2023: 682 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 557 (2012) → 682 (2023): 22.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 329 (1990) → 682 (2023): 107.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 378, of which 12.4 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.4 km NE (Cessenon-sur-Orb)Food shop — 3.4 km NE (Cessenon-sur-Orb)GP — 3.5 km NE (Cessenon-sur-Orb)Pharmacy — 3.7 km NE (Cessenon-sur-Orb)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km NEFood shop — 3.4 km NEGP — 3.5 km NEPharmacy — 3.7 km NE 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 (Cessenon-sur-Orb): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cessenon-sur-Orb): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Cessenon-sur-Orb): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cessenon-sur-Orb): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Cazedarnes): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CAZOULS-LES-BEZIERS weather station, 6.1 km away at 97 m; the village itself is at 144 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 11.2 km away at 140 m, over 29 summers. [10]

An average of 678 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CAZOULS-LES-BEZIERS, 6.1 km away at 97 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34065/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34065/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34065/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34065/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34074
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34065
  10. 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
Brouzet-lès-Alès30126 km NE67038.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Bourneau85460 km NW71031.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Pageas87298 km NW64432.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Civrac-en-Médoc33378 km NW63434.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Grignols24271 km NW66735.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Meillant18376 km N64527.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Brouzet-lès-Alès30126 km NE67038.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Grignols24271 km NW66735.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Pageas87298 km NW64432.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Meillant18376 km N64527.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Civrac-en-Médoc33378 km NW63434.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bourneau85460 km NW71031.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Cazedarnes'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
Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba47211 km NW72136.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Causses-et-Veyran347.4 km NE61330.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont-Dessous47226 km NW79832.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Caprais-de-Lerm47203 km NW71333.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lavergne47246 km NW55426.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Trausse1140 km W61439.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %