Fos
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 13.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fos (INSEE 34104) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 133 (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 13.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 43 % of the 13,086 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.33 | 5 | 1.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES MELIAS). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 | 1 | CAMPING LES MELIAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 116 (2012) → 133 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 80 (1990) → 133 (2023): 66.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 93, of which 33.3 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Faugères): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Laurens): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Laurens): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Laurens): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Faugères): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ROUJAN-INRAE weather station, 10.3 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 272 m. [10]
The village sits 199 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 10.3 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. [10]
That station sits 199 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 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VAILHAN, 4.8 km away at 122 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 — 34104/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34104/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34104/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34104/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34096
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34130
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outines | 51 | 565 km N | 130 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Siévoz | 38 | 255 km NE | 132 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 18 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pierrefiques | 76 | 717 km N | 128 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Villeneuve | 63 | 213 km N | 135 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 % |
| Auberville-la-Manuel | 76 | 725 km N | 138 | 9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 73 % |
| Cheignieu-la-Balme | 01 | 313 km NE | 131 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuve | 63 | 213 km N | 135 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 % |
| Siévoz | 38 | 255 km NE | 132 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 18 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cheignieu-la-Balme | 01 | 313 km NE | 131 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Outines | 51 | 565 km N | 130 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pierrefiques | 76 | 717 km N | 128 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Auberville-la-Manuel | 76 | 725 km N | 138 | 9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 73 % |
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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 Fos'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourvillette | 17 | 376 km NW | 116 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bouyssou | 46 | 163 km NW | 121 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bazac | 16 | 314 km NW | 150 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Créac | 65 | 271 km W | 99 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Carlencas-et-Levas | 34 | 7.6 km N | 110 | 12 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vélieux | 34 | 46 km SW | 95 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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