Combaillaux

Hérault · CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup · INSEE 34082

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

Few services 39.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Combaillaux (INSEE 34082) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 2,001 (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/34082-combaillaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 9,632 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 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) (CHEZ ADICHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA CROUZETTE · CUP'CREAM · MAMIE LASAGNES 3). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ROMAIN BACHELLERIE, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE ZONGO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIA-RUCHE MÉDIATHUÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (PALU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ ADICHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	3	LA CROUZETTE · CUP'CREAM · MAMIE LASAGNES 3	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES ARBOUSIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES CIGALES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ROMAIN BACHELLERIE, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE ZONGO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIA-RUCHE MÉDIATHUÈQUE	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	1	PALU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 194 2023: 2,001 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,456 (2012) → 2,001 (2023): 37.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 954 (1990) → 2,001 (2023): 109.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 820, of which 1.8 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.7 km SEGP — 0.7 km SEBakery — 1.3 km SEFood shop — 3.4 km EPharmacy — 3.7 km NE 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 (Combaillaux): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gély-du-Fesc): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Combaillaux): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gély-du-Fesc): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Combaillaux): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 55.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 39.7

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 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTARNAUD weather station, 7.8 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 9.3 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

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. ^[10]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTARNAUD, 7.8 km away at 148 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 — 34082/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34082/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34082/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34082/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34255
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
Griesheim-près-Molsheim	67	610 km NE	2,351	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Thonan	29	821 km NW	1,956	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Gidy	45	502 km N	2,084	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Le Thou	17	456 km NW	2,117	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Argancy	57	641 km N	1,381	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Uxegney	88	541 km N	2,237	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Thou	17	456 km NW	2,117	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Gidy	45	502 km N	2,084	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Uxegney	88	541 km N	2,237	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Griesheim-près-Molsheim	67	610 km NE	2,351	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Argancy	57	641 km N	1,381	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Thonan	29	821 km NW	1,956	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · 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 Combaillaux'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
Plaissan	34	23 km SW	1,718	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Sauveterre	30	91 km NE	2,025	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saze	30	79 km E	2,096	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tavel	30	84 km NE	2,083	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Corbarieu	82	195 km W	1,725	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pujaut	30	89 km NE	3,982	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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