Clapiers
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Clapiers (INSEE 34077) is in Hérault (34), part of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Population 6,006 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34077-clapiers
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 53 % of the 3,930 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.39 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.82 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.52 | 10 | 5.24 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MIEL ET CHOCOLAT · PATISSERIE GUILLAUME FRANCE · MAISON WAUCHEUL · BOULANGERIE 1860). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE BILLOT DES BOUCHERS). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES JARDINS SAINT LAZARE · EPICERIE DES TERROIRS). [3,4]
13 × Restaurant (LA CROISEE · LES RENDEZ VOUS DE L ESPLANADE · MALTA BENE · LE CARTEL DES SAVEURS · AIGUELONGUE PIZZERIA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLI OLYMPE DE GOUGES). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE HOWALDT, MÉDECIN · THIERRY SERFATY, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE SANSON, MÉDECIN · CYRIL FAUGOIN, MÉDECIN · MICHEL MARTIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE RUBIRA ANSELMETTI). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ALBERT CAMUS 24025). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ET POLYVALENT JOEL ABATI). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (BLADE RUNHAIR · DES RACINES ET DES POINTES · APPARENCE · ATELIER 16 · ART & STYLE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING PLEIN AIR DES CHENES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | BOULANGERIE MIEL ET CHOCOLAT · PATISSERIE GUILLAUME FRANCE · MAISON WAUCHEUL · BOULANGERIE 1860 | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LE BILLOT DES BOUCHERS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | LES JARDINS SAINT LAZARE · EPICERIE DES TERROIRS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 13 | LA CROISEE · LES RENDEZ VOUS DE L ESPLANADE · MALTA BENE · LE CARTEL DES SAVEURS · AIGUELONGUE PIZZERIA | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLI OLYMPE DE GOUGES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | PHILIPPE HOWALDT, MÉDECIN · THIERRY SERFATY, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE SANSON, MÉDECIN · CYRIL FAUGOIN, MÉDECIN · MICHEL MARTIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE RUBIRA ANSELMETTI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE ALBERT CAMUS 24025 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF ET POLYVALENT JOEL ABATI | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 8 | BLADE RUNHAIR · DES RACINES ET DES POINTES · APPARENCE · ATELIER 16 · ART & STYLE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING PLEIN AIR DES CHENES | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday 8 h à 13 h Esplanade Jean Jaurès. [5]
Trajectory
Population 5,319 (2012) → 6,006 (2023): 12.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,478 (1990) → 6,006 (2023): 72.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,723, of which 1.9 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Clapiers): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Clapiers): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Clapiers): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Clapiers): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Clapiers): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 63 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PRADES LE LEZ weather station, 7 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 74 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 7 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 65 days — about 12.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MONTPELLIER-ENSAM, 4.9 km away at 45 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34077/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-clapiers.fr/index.php/AGENDA?idpage=8021— “Une quinzaine d'exposants vous donne rendez-vous, tous les dimanches, de 8 h à 13 h, sur l'esplanade Jean Jaurès.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34077/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34077/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34077/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34077
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 59 | 742 km N | 6,019 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Quint-Fonsegrives | 31 | 190 km W | 6,133 | 57.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Genest-Lerpt | 42 | 202 km N | 6,181 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Simiane-Collongue | 13 | 127 km E | 5,780 | 53 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Octeville-sur-Mer | 76 | 716 km N | 6,172 | 51.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 % |
| Malaunay | 76 | 688 km N | 6,221 | 49 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simiane-Collongue | 13 | 127 km E | 5,780 | 53 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Quint-Fonsegrives | 31 | 190 km W | 6,133 | 57.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Genest-Lerpt | 42 | 202 km N | 6,181 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Malaunay | 76 | 688 km N | 6,221 | 49 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Octeville-sur-Mer | 76 | 716 km N | 6,172 | 51.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 % |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 59 | 742 km N | 6,019 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · 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 Clapiers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teyran | 34 | 4.1 km NE | 4,787 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Prades-le-Lez | 34 | 4.9 km N | 6,184 | 54.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Destrousse | 13 | 142 km E | 4,133 | 60.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Bouilladisse | 13 | 141 km E | 6,547 | 53.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Thor | 84 | 94 km E | 8,882 | 63.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roquevaire | 13 | 143 km E | 8,915 | 66.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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