Galargues

Hérault · CA Lunel Agglo · INSEE 34110

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

Partly served 47.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Galargues (INSEE 34110) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Lunel Agglo. Population 752 (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 47.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 16,031 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (FRED & COQS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	FRED & COQS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU CENTRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 279 2023: 752 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 656 (2012) → 752 (2023): 14.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 404 (1990) → 752 (2023): 86.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 5 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km SWBakery — 2.3 km EGP — 4.4 km SPharmacy — 4.7 km S 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 (Saussines): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaulieu): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Beaulieu): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Galargues): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 5.4

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 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST DREZERY weather station, 5.1 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 13.7 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST DREZERY, 5.1 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34110/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34110/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34110/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34110/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34263
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34027
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34110
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
Vénérand	17	426 km NW	771	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Bosse-de-Bretagne	35	630 km NW	696	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Messey-sur-Grosne	71	325 km N	742	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	683 km NW	824	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Noordpeene	59	792 km N	825	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Dorat	63	240 km N	719	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dorat	63	240 km N	719	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Messey-sur-Grosne	71	325 km N	742	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vénérand	17	426 km NW	771	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Bosse-de-Bretagne	35	630 km NW	696	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	683 km NW	824	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Noordpeene	59	792 km N	825	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Galargues'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
Valflaunès	34	12 km W	795	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Meyrannes	30	57 km N	792	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Travaillan	84	84 km NE	708	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lauret	34	13 km NW	626	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aspères	30	4.6 km N	563	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Boucoiran-et-Nozières	30	28 km NE	991	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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