Garrigues

Hérault · CA Lunel Agglo · INSEE 34112

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Garrigues (INSEE 34112) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Lunel Agglo. Population 236 (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 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 16,921 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (HEAD PAILLETTES). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	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	1	HEAD PAILLETTES	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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	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	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: 99 2023: 236 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 170 (2012) → 236 (2023): 38.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 80 (1990) → 236 (2023): 195 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 4.6 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.4 km SBakery — 4.6 km SEGP — 5.4 km SWPharmacy — 6.1 km E 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): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sommières): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Garrigues): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Measured at the ST DREZERY weather station, 7.6 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 14.6 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST DREZERY, 7.6 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34112/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34112/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34112/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34112/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34263
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34242
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34112
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
Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies	95	611 km N	236	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Layrisse	65	329 km W	249	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ségos	32	344 km W	256	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Valonne	25	445 km NE	269	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Merlieux-et-Fouquerolles	02	638 km N	253	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Aboncourt-Gesincourt	70	467 km N	216	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Layrisse	65	329 km W	249	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ségos	32	344 km W	256	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Valonne	25	445 km NE	269	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Aboncourt-Gesincourt	70	467 km N	216	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies	95	611 km N	236	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Merlieux-et-Fouquerolles	02	638 km N	253	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder 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 Garrigues'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
Saint-Bénézet	30	24 km NE	290	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Maruéjols-lès-Gardon	30	25 km N	259	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cassagnoles	30	27 km N	457	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Buzignargues	34	2.8 km S	378	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Savignargues	30	19 km N	238	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Les Plans	30	42 km N	292	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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