Colombiers

Hérault · CC la Domitienne · INSEE 34081

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

Served 63/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Colombiers (INSEE 34081) is in Hérault (34), part of CC la Domitienne. Population 2,814 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34081-colombiers

Vitality score

Vitality score 63/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 7,513 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.81	20	16.25
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES CO'PAINS D'ABORD · MELO A LA BOUCHE · BOULANGERIE MAISON PELE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU POUZET SARL). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DISTRIFLORENSAC). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS · PROSERI). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LMO COQUILLAGES). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (SARL LA LAPINIERE · AU LAVOIR · MCDONALD'S · BRASSERIE CANTECAFE · SAS MEGES - SEVET). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (COLOMBIERS CARREFOUR LPR RP). ^[3]

2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE COLOMBIERS · LUDOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE ET ITINÉRANTE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (BANQUE CIC SUD OUEST · BANQUE DUPUY DE PARSEVAL PAR BANQUE POPULAIRE DU S). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (POLO · CYNDIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL VIA DOMITIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES PEUPLIERS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 4 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LES CO'PAINS D'ABORD · MELO A LA BOUCHE · BOULANGERIE MAISON PELE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DU POUZET SARL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	DISTRIFLORENSAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	CARREFOUR EXPRESS · PROSERI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LMO COQUILLAGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	10	SARL LA LAPINIERE · AU LAVOIR · MCDONALD'S · BRASSERIE CANTECAFE · SAS MEGES - SEVET	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		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	1	PHARMACIE LA DOMITIENNE	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	COLOMBIERS CARREFOUR LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	2	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE COLOMBIERS · LUDOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE ET ITINÉRANTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	BANQUE CIC SUD OUEST · BANQUE DUPUY DE PARSEVAL PAR BANQUE POPULAIRE DU S	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	POLO · CYNDIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL VIA DOMITIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES PEUPLIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 969 2023: 2,814 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,337 (2012) → 2,814 (2023): 20.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,647 (1990) → 2,814 (2023): 70.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,601, of which 12.1 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 2.7 km NW 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 (Colombiers): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Colombiers): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montady): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Colombiers): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Colombiers): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 53.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 13.4▸

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 53 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 BEZIERS-COURTADE weather station, 2.7 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BEZIERS-VIAS, 17.2 km away at 15 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 537 mm of rain a year, spread over 56 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BEZIERS-COURTADE, 2.7 km away at 25 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 — 34081/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34081/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34081/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34081/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34161
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
Mortain-Bocage	50	672 km NW	2,961	68.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %
Bozouls	12	133 km N	3,001	57.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 27 % · humidity 14 %
Mirepoix	09	106 km W	3,172	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Montholon	89	508 km N	2,709	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 38 % · humidity 21 %
Breuillet	17	425 km NW	3,058	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Montfort-l'Amaury	78	616 km N	2,779	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mirepoix	09	106 km W	3,172	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Bozouls	12	133 km N	3,001	57.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 27 % · humidity 14 %
Breuillet	17	425 km NW	3,058	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Montholon	89	508 km N	2,709	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 38 % · humidity 21 %
Montfort-l'Amaury	78	616 km N	2,779	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 29 %
Mortain-Bocage	50	672 km NW	2,961	68.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Colombiers'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
Nissan-lez-Enserune	34	2.7 km S	4,124	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lansargues	34	84 km NE	3,233	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Labruguière	81	75 km W	6,584	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saïx	81	83 km W	3,748	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lespignan	34	5.2 km SE	3,414	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vielmur-sur-Agout	81	91 km W	1,375	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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