Claret

Hérault · CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup · INSEE 34078

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

Partly served 51.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Claret (INSEE 34078) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 1,745 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/34078-claret

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 10,524 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON FOURQUIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE L'HOR ET PIC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (TOUT EN CREPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (QUENTIN BOULLENGER, MÉDECIN · MICHAEL PONROUCH, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE FABRY PONROUCH, MÉDECIN · PASCAL LAVIT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DONATI). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (MAEVA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON FOURQUIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE L'HOR ET PIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	TOUT EN CREPE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	QUENTIN BOULLENGER, MÉDECIN · MICHAEL PONROUCH, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE FABRY PONROUCH, MÉDECIN · PASCAL LAVIT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DONATI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	4	MAEVA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
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 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 468 2023: 1,745 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,414 (2012) → 1,745 (2023): 23.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 825 (1990) → 1,745 (2023): 111.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 802, of which 5.7 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.6 km W 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 (Claret): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Claret): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Claret): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Claret): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Claret): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 49.9

Muggy days a summer 4.8

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VALFLAUNES-PLAINE weather station, 9.5 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 16.2 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 89 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,004 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 14.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VALFLAUNES-PLAINE, 9.5 km away at 126 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34078
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
Crouy-sur-Ourcq	77	585 km N	1,811	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Perrignier	74	337 km NE	1,905	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Malijai	04	171 km E	2,020	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Mézin	47	293 km W	1,433	55.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 69 %
Lamarche-sur-Saône	21	396 km N	1,382	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 84 %
Peschadoires	63	221 km N	2,104	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Malijai	04	171 km E	2,020	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Peschadoires	63	221 km N	2,104	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Mézin	47	293 km W	1,433	55.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 69 %
Perrignier	74	337 km NE	1,905	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Lamarche-sur-Saône	21	396 km N	1,382	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 84 %
Crouy-sur-Ourcq	77	585 km N	1,811	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · 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 Claret'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
Les Matelles	34	17 km SW	2,068	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Collobrières	83	206 km E	1,870	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Réalville	82	196 km W	1,869	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Loriol-du-Comtat	84	91 km E	2,486	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lédignan	30	22 km NE	1,516	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vailhauquès	34	26 km SW	2,722	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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