Espondeilhan

Hérault · CA de Béziers-Méditerranée · INSEE 34094

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

Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Espondeilhan (INSEE 34094) is in Hérault (34), part of CA de Béziers-Méditerranée. Population 1,268 (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/34094-espondeilhan

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 12,863 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LIKE AT HOME · FLORIAN TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT ROCH). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ESPONDEILHAN AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		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	2	LIKE AT HOME · FLORIAN TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SAINT ROCH	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	1	ESPONDEILHAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 354 2023: 1,268 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 997 (2012) → 1,268 (2023): 27.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 517 (1990) → 1,268 (2023): 145.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 635, of which 5.4 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.8 km NEFood shop — 3.0 km NWGP — 3.0 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 (Espondeilhan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puissalicon): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Puissalicon): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Abeilhan): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Espondeilhan): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the SERVIAN weather station, 5.6 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 7.5 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SERVIAN, 5.6 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34094/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34094/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34094/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34094/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34001
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
L'Albenc	38	264 km NE	1,255	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Tacoignières	78	612 km N	1,219	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Soulgé-sur-Ouette	53	594 km NW	1,063	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Dom-le-Mesnil	08	705 km N	1,048	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Le Breuil-sur-Couze	63	226 km N	1,028	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
Luzancy	77	615 km N	1,036	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Breuil-sur-Couze	63	226 km N	1,028	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
L'Albenc	38	264 km NE	1,255	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Soulgé-sur-Ouette	53	594 km NW	1,063	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Tacoignières	78	612 km N	1,219	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Luzancy	77	615 km N	1,036	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Dom-le-Mesnil	08	705 km N	1,048	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Espondeilhan'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
Corneilhan	34	7.1 km SW	1,622	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Péret	34	19 km NE	1,137	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Nébian	34	23 km NE	1,634	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Meysse	07	175 km NE	1,366	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Pouzolles	34	5.2 km N	1,233	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Abeilhan	34	2.9 km E	1,850	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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