Félines-Minervois

Hérault · CC du Minervois au Caroux · INSEE 34097

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

Few services 36.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Félines-Minervois (INSEE 34097) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 502 (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 36.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,778 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.77	10	7.74
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PANIER DE JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GRAND CAFE OCCITAN). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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	AU PANIER DE JULIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	GRAND CAFE OCCITAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	FELINES MINERVOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 530 2023: 502 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 454 (2012) → 502 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 394 (1990) → 502 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 389, of which 24.7 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.1 km SEBakery — 3.2 km SEPharmacy — 3.2 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 (La Livinière): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Félines-Minervois): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Livinière): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Livinière): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Félines-Minervois): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 21.7

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA LIVINIERE weather station, 3.4 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[10]

An average of 638 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA LIVINIERE, 3.4 km away at 131 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 — 34097/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34097/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34097/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34097/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34097
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
Montmaur	05	296 km NE	532	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Rabier	24	235 km NW	538	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 89 %
Fontiers-Cabardès	11	29 km W	476	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 68 %
Brennilis	29	749 km NW	454	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Poilhes	34	39 km E	548	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay	70	537 km NE	555	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 16 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontiers-Cabardès	11	29 km W	476	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 68 %
Poilhes	34	39 km E	548	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Rabier	24	235 km NW	538	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 89 %
Montmaur	05	296 km NE	532	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 0 %
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay	70	537 km NE	555	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 16 %
Brennilis	29	749 km NW	454	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %

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