Frontignan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 73.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Frontignan (INSEE 34108) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée. Population 24,136 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34108-frontignan
Vitality score
Vitality score 73.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 78 % of the 981 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.73 |
| Social | 0.96 | 20 | 19.27 |
| Education | 0.58 | 10 | 5.83 |
| Health | 0.76 | 10 | 7.63 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.08 |
| Population trend | 0.99 | 10 | 9.86 |
| Housing mix | 0.59 | 5 | 2.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CURE GOURMANDE · LA FOURNEE GOURMANDE · LE MOULIN DE LA ROCADE · LA TALMELIERE · LA CLE DU MOULIN). [3,4]
5 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE BILLOT · YSA BOUCHERIE · SOLER DAVE · BOUCHERIE ANATOLE FRANCE). [3,4]
11 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SOCIETE SOGAP · CARREFOUR CITY · SAS OLGE · EPICERIE SAINT MARTIN · COEUR D'ARTICHAUT ET PISSENLIT). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE · NETTO · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
6 × Fishmonger (LA POISSONNERIE · POISSONERIE LA MEDITERRANEE · CHEZ GINOU · AU DETOUR SHOW D'HUITRES · CHRIST342F). [3,4]
77 × Restaurant (AU PORT GOURMAND · ASM). [3,4]
21 × Café / bar (LA GUINGUETTE DES HALLES · BIERES ET TERROIRS · MELROSE CAFE · BAR DES VEDETTES · LE CENTRAL BAR). [4]
4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ANATOLE FRANCE · ECOLE MATERNELLE TERRES BLANCHES · ECOLE MATERNELLE LES LAVANDINS · LA VILLA DES PETITOUS). [3]
7 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANATOLE FRANCE I · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES TERRES BLANCHES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE A.FRANCE II · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CROZES). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE LES DEUX PINS · COLLEGE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE-THERESE LA SALLE). [3]
23 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CRISTINA RIBEIRO-FARRIEUX, MÉDECIN · PATRICK LEVY, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE BONJOUR, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE BROUILLET, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA GIRAUDON, MÉDECIN). [3]
7 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MISTRAL · SELARL DELRIEU MICHEL · PHARMACIE ANATOLE FRANCE · PHARMACIE DU SUD · PHARMACIE DES ECOLES). [3,4]
3 × Post office / agence postale (FRONTIGNAN MAISON DE LA PRESSE RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MONTAIGNE). [3]
1 × Cinema. [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ROGER ARNAUD · SALLE OMNISPORT H FERRARI · HALLE DES SPORTS NIKOLA KARABATIC · ESPACE A SOUBRIER). [3]
9 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE FRONTIGNAN · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD · BANQUE DUPUY, DE PARSEVAL PAR BANQU). [3]
37 × Hairdresser (TANDEM COIFFURE ALINE · XAVIER COIFFURE MIXTE · HUMA). [3,4]
4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL POINT BLEU · HOTEL VILA · ECO HOTEL). [3,4]
5 × Campsite (CAMPING FRONTIGNAN · LA LAGUNE · MEDITERRANEE CAMPING · CAMPING ET BAR HORIZON · CAMPING L'AIGUE MARINE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 9 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Fishmonger, 19 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 4 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 9 | LA CURE GOURMANDE · LA FOURNEE GOURMANDE · LE MOULIN DE LA ROCADE · LA TALMELIERE · LA CLE DU MOULIN | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 5 | LE BILLOT · YSA BOUCHERIE · SOLER DAVE · BOUCHERIE ANATOLE FRANCE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 11 | SOCIETE SOGAP · CARREFOUR CITY · SAS OLGE · EPICERIE SAINT MARTIN · COEUR D'ARTICHAUT ET PISSENLIT | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | LIDL · INTERMARCHE · NETTO · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 6 | LA POISSONNERIE · POISSONERIE LA MEDITERRANEE · CHEZ GINOU · AU DETOUR SHOW D'HUITRES · CHRIST342F | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 77 | AU PORT GOURMAND · ASM | INSEE BPE 77 / INSEE SIRENE 156 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 21 | LA GUINGUETTE DES HALLES · BIERES ET TERROIRS · MELROSE CAFE · BAR DES VEDETTES · LE CENTRAL BAR | INSEE SIRENE 21 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 4 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ANATOLE FRANCE · ECOLE MATERNELLE TERRES BLANCHES · ECOLE MATERNELLE LES LAVANDINS · LA VILLA DES PETITOUS | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 7 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANATOLE FRANCE I · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES TERRES BLANCHES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE A.FRANCE II · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CROZES | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE LES DEUX PINS · COLLEGE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE-THERESE LA SALLE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 23 | CRISTINA RIBEIRO-FARRIEUX, MÉDECIN · PATRICK LEVY, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE BONJOUR, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE BROUILLET, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA GIRAUDON, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 23 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 7 | PHARMACIE MISTRAL · SELARL DELRIEU MICHEL · PHARMACIE ANATOLE FRANCE · PHARMACIE DU SUD · PHARMACIE DES ECOLES | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 3 | FRONTIGNAN MAISON DE LA PRESSE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MONTAIGNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | GYMNASE ROGER ARNAUD · SALLE OMNISPORT H FERRARI · HALLE DES SPORTS NIKOLA KARABATIC · ESPACE A SOUBRIER | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 9 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE FRONTIGNAN · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD · BANQUE DUPUY, DE PARSEVAL PAR BANQU | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 37 | TANDEM COIFFURE ALINE · XAVIER COIFFURE MIXTE · HUMA | INSEE BPE 37 / INSEE SIRENE 53 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 4 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL POINT BLEU · HOTEL VILA · ECO HOTEL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 5 | CAMPING FRONTIGNAN · LA LAGUNE · MEDITERRANEE CAMPING · CAMPING ET BAR HORIZON · CAMPING L'AIGUE MARINE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 22,728 (2012) → 24,136 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 16,245 (1990) → 24,136 (2023): 48.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 14,566, of which 20.6 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Frontignan): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Frontignan): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Frontignan): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Frontignan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Frontignan): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SETE weather station, 7.5 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 3 m. [9]
The village sits 72 m below 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 24 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at SETE, 7.5 km away at 75 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 72 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 515 mm of rain a year, spread over 52 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at SETE, 7.5 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34108/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34108/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34108/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34108/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34108
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dax | 40 | 388 km W | 22,109 | 71.4 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 % |
| Rochefort | 17 | 465 km NW | 23,460 | 73.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Teste-de-Buch | 33 | 414 km W | 27,566 | 74.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 21 % |
| Vichy | 03 | 299 km N | 25,115 | 76.9 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 % |
| Vence | 06 | 272 km E | 19,917 | 64.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 21 % |
| Kourou | 973 | 6,948 km W | 24,824 | 72.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vence | 06 | 272 km E | 19,917 | 64.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 21 % |
| Vichy | 03 | 299 km N | 25,115 | 76.9 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 % |
| Dax | 40 | 388 km W | 22,109 | 71.4 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 % |
| La Teste-de-Buch | 33 | 414 km W | 27,566 | 74.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 21 % |
| Rochefort | 17 | 465 km NW | 23,460 | 73.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 % |
| Kourou | 973 | 6,948 km W | 24,824 | 72.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
Sort and compare these on the full list →
…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 Frontignan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sète | 34 | 6.9 km SW | 45,337 | 83.4 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mèze | 34 | 12 km W | 12,669 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Pradet | 83 | 187 km E | 10,933 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vallauris | 06 | 267 km E | 29,259 | 72.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bastia | 2B | 470 km E | 46,867 | 86.1 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Agde | 34 | 27 km SW | 29,939 | 80.2 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34108-frontignan