Coulobres

Hérault · CA de Béziers-Méditerranée · INSEE 34085

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coulobres (INSEE 34085) is in Hérault (34), part of CA de Béziers-Méditerranée. Population 367 (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/34085-coulobres

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 18,049 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (STELL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE 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	1	STELL'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 193 peak 2012: 379 2023: 367 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 379 (2012) → 367 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 202 (1990) → 367 (2023): 81.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 193, of which 8.8 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.2 km EBakery — 1.7 km SWGP — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 3.6 km SE 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 (Espondeilhan): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Servian): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Servian): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Abeilhan): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Coulobres): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 23.1

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SERVIAN weather station, 4.3 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 5.8 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SERVIAN, 4.3 km away at 66 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 — 34085/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34085/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34085/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34085/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34085
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
Donnenheim	67	676 km NE	367	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Prompsat	63	278 km N	472	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Boussières-en-Cambrésis	59	747 km N	436	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Gimeaux	63	278 km N	383	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Élier	27	641 km N	399	15.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Hecq	59	749 km N	353	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gimeaux	63	278 km N	383	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Prompsat	63	278 km N	472	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Élier	27	641 km N	399	15.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Donnenheim	67	676 km NE	367	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Boussières-en-Cambrésis	59	747 km N	436	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Hecq	59	749 km N	353	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Coulobres'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
Lieuran-Cabrières	34	19 km NE	335	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sixte	47	214 km W	363	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Escosse	09	145 km W	356	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Carbuccia	2A	489 km E	379	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Salasc	34	19 km N	357	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont-Soubiran	47	211 km W	395	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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