Cazouls-d'Hérault

Hérault · CA Hérault-Méditerranée · INSEE 34068

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

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cazouls-d'Hérault (INSEE 34068) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Hérault-Méditerranée. Population 420 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,991 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.98	10	9.84
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.21

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]

1 × Restaurant (LES MALINS). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE ROUANET). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CAZOULS D HERAULT AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE YVETTE-GUILLOT CAZOULS-D'HERAULT). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LES MALINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE ROUANET	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CAZOULS D HERAULT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE YVETTE-GUILLOT CAZOULS-D'HERAULT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 315 2023: 420 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 372 (2012) → 420 (2023): 12.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 283 (1990) → 420 (2023): 48.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 17.9 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km SWGP — 2.0 km SWPharmacy — 2.0 km SWFood shop — 2.2 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 (Lézignan-la-Cèbe): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lézignan-la-Cèbe): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lézignan-la-Cèbe): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lézignan-la-Cèbe): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cazouls-d'Hérault): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.1

Muggy days a summer 10.1▸

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 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PEZENAS-TOURBES weather station, 8.9 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 8.9 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 644 mm of rain a year, spread over 60 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PEZENAS-DDE, 6.4 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34136
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34068
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
Semur-en-Vallon	72	547 km N	428	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Velzic	15	181 km NW	401	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 8 % · humidity 29 %
Étréchy	18	411 km N	408	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Eschbourg	67	660 km NE	455	27	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 49 % · humidity 36 %
Égleny	89	478 km N	457	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 38 % · humidity 36 %
Oms	66	124 km SW	364	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Oms	66	124 km SW	364	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Velzic	15	181 km NW	401	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 8 % · humidity 29 %
Étréchy	18	411 km N	408	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Égleny	89	478 km N	457	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 38 % · humidity 36 %
Semur-en-Vallon	72	547 km N	428	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Eschbourg	67	660 km NE	455	27	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 49 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Cazouls-d'Hérault'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
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	71 km SW	343	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Massaguel	81	105 km W	347	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Causses-et-Veyran	34	30 km W	613	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Aigues-Vives	11	81 km W	532	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Thézan-des-Corbières	11	71 km SW	573	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Cazedarnes	34	36 km W	682	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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