Fouzilhon

Identity

Fouzilhon (INSEE 34105) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 243 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34105-fouzilhon

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,055 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.

Services

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ MADEMOISELLE CECILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE L'ARC EN CIEL DU LIVRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LA MAISON COIFFE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 224 (2012) → 243 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 135 (1990) → 243 (2023): 80 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 150, of which 20 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Gabian): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fouzilhon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Magalas): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gabian): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gabian): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROUJAN-INRAE weather station, 6.4 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 151 m. ^[11]

The village sits 78 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 6.4 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 78 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 556 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 6.4 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34105/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34105/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34105/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34105/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34109
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34105
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34147
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024