Cesseras

Hérault · CC du Minervois au Caroux · INSEE 34075

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cesseras (INSEE 34075) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 435 (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/34075-cesseras

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,955 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.64	10	6.39
Housing mix	0.48	5	2.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 (LE MANOIR DE FAUZAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE PETIT CAUSSE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CESSERAS). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LE MANOIR DE FAUZAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE PETIT CAUSSE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CESSERAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CESSERAS	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]
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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 442 2023: 435 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 359 (2012) → 435 (2023): 21.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 382 (1990) → 435 (2023): 13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 358, of which 26 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km EPharmacy — 4.0 km SWFood shop — 4.1 km SWGP — 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 (Azillanet): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pépieux): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Olonzac): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pépieux): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cesseras): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 58.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.6

Muggy days a summer 8.3

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 59 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BEAUFORT weather station, 4.4 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 85 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 13.4 km away at 258 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 173 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 634 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SIRAN, 3.3 km away at 137 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 — 34075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34020
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11280
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34075
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
Méthamis	84	216 km E	450	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Salles-Courbatiès	12	138 km N	480	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Caseneuve	84	232 km E	527	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Fuilla	66	89 km S	435	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Mesnil-Saint-Père	10	562 km N	438	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Saints-en-Puisaye	89	480 km N	548	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fuilla	66	89 km S	435	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Salles-Courbatiès	12	138 km N	480	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Méthamis	84	216 km E	450	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Caseneuve	84	232 km E	527	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Saints-en-Puisaye	89	480 km N	548	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
Mesnil-Saint-Père	10	562 km N	438	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Cesseras'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
Azillanet	34	1.7 km E	357	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Campagnan	34	68 km E	714	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts	30	186 km NE	545	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Oupia	34	5.6 km SE	274	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Aigues-Vives	34	8.4 km E	476	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens	34	68 km E	667	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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