Colombières-sur-Orb
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Colombières-sur-Orb (INSEE 34080) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 498 (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 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 88 % of the 17,769 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.75 | 10 | 7.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.39 | 5 | 1.95 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE JOLIE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LA MECANIQUE DES FRERES BONANO · L'ATELIER 7). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OFELIA DE LAS NIEVES KNIGHT RIVALTA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (COLOMBIERES SUR ORB AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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) | 1 | L'EPICERIE JOLIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 3 | LA MECANIQUE DES FRERES BONANO · L'ATELIER 7 | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 1 | OFELIA DE LAS NIEVES KNIGHT RIVALTA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | COLOMBIERES SUR ORB AP | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 471 (2012) → 498 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 397 (1990) → 498 (2023): 25.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 370, of which 30.5 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mons): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-l'Arçon): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Colombières-sur-Orb): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Le Poujol-sur-Orb): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Colombières-sur-Orb): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LES AIRES weather station, 7.8 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 240 m. [12]
The village sits 50 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BEDARIEUX, 12.6 km away at 373 m, over 29 summers. [12]
That station sits 133 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 1,081 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 13.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at LES AIRES, 7.8 km away at 190 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 — 34080/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34080/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34080/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34080/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34160
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34273
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34080
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34211
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayres | 43 | 162 km NE | 674 | 45 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 3 % · humidity 71 % |
| Brennilis | 29 | 750 km NW | 454 | 36.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
| Félines-Minervois | 34 | 43 km SW | 502 | 36.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 % |
| Valbonnais | 38 | 273 km NE | 520 | 37 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 3 % · humidity 71 % |
| Manzac-sur-Vern | 24 | 256 km NW | 535 | 40 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Germain-l'Herm | 63 | 213 km N | 482 | 43.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 15 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Félines-Minervois | 34 | 43 km SW | 502 | 36.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 % |
| Cayres | 43 | 162 km NE | 674 | 45 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 3 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Germain-l'Herm | 63 | 213 km N | 482 | 43.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 15 % · humidity 71 % |
| Manzac-sur-Vern | 24 | 256 km NW | 535 | 40 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valbonnais | 38 | 273 km NE | 520 | 37 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 3 % · humidity 71 % |
| Brennilis | 29 | 750 km NW | 454 | 36.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · 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 Colombières-sur-Orb'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort-sur-Gervanne | 26 | 216 km NE | 494 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villedieu | 84 | 180 km NE | 507 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Estaing | 12 | 112 km N | 502 | 57.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nauviale | 12 | 114 km NW | 577 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pont-de-Labeaume | 07 | 158 km NE | 567 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Faugères | 34 | 15 km E | 548 | 39.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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