Gignac

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34114

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

Served 67.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gignac (INSEE 34114) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 6,651 (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/34114-gignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 67.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 3,596 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	0.54	25	13.44
Social	0.82	20	16.31
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MA MIE ADOREE · MMC GIGNAC · MAISON BOUTEILLE · JO & CAKES). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CAIZERGUES · BOUCHERIE RATTO). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA GIGNACOISE · LA VIE CLAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (HILARION). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA MAISON DU FROMAGE). ^[4]

26 × Restaurant (MORO ARIANE · L ARBALETE · LA TABLE D EMILE · PIZZA CARNOT · JUNA). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LA FONTAINE DE MOLIERE · MARY'S PUB · CAFE LE FRANCE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES TOURETTES). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CLAUDE DANIEL DE LAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE CALANDRETA LA GARRIGA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRACE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LO TRENTANEL). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTOINE BIGOT, MÉDECIN · MELODIE CHARDONNET, MÉDECIN · PIERRE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · GAELLE LEGOUFFE, MÉDECIN · CHLOE LESAUVAGE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (COSMOPHARMA · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE DE GIGNAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE · COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DE LA VALLÉE DE L'HÉRAULT). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE GIGNAC · HALLE DES SPORTS GILLES FERMAUD). ^[3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CIC SUD OUEST · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU LANGUEDOC · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (SARL LA PLAINE COIFFURE · FLORELLE COIFFURE · VAL'COIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DU VIEUX MOULIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PARADIS - FAMILY'S CAMPING LES RIVES DE L'HÉRAULT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	MA MIE ADOREE · MMC GIGNAC · MAISON BOUTEILLE · JO & CAKES	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE CAIZERGUES · BOUCHERIE RATTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA GIGNACOISE · LA VIE CLAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	HILARION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LA MAISON DU FROMAGE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	26	MORO ARIANE · L ARBALETE · LA TABLE D EMILE · PIZZA CARNOT · JUNA	INSEE BPE 26 / INSEE SIRENE 41 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LA FONTAINE DE MOLIERE · MARY'S PUB · CAFE LE FRANCE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LES TOURETTES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CLAUDE DANIEL DE LAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE CALANDRETA LA GARRIGA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRACE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LO TRENTANEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	ANTOINE BIGOT, MÉDECIN · MELODIE CHARDONNET, MÉDECIN · PIERRE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · GAELLE LEGOUFFE, MÉDECIN · CHLOE LESAUVAGE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	2	COSMOPHARMA · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE DE GIGNAC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	2	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE · COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DE LA VALLÉE DE L'HÉRAULT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE GIGNAC · HALLE DES SPORTS GILLES FERMAUD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CIC SUD OUEST · CREDIT AGRICOLE DU LANGUEDOC · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	10	SARL LA PLAINE COIFFURE · FLORELLE COIFFURE · VAL'COIF	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT DU VIEUX MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING PARADIS - FAMILY'S CAMPING LES RIVES DE L'HÉRAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,746 2023: 6,651 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,654 (2012) → 6,651 (2023): 17.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,652 (1990) → 6,651 (2023): 82.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,106, of which 3.1 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km SW 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 (Gignac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gignac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gignac): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gignac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gignac): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 63.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.3

Muggy days a summer 7.4

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 63 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS weather station, 3.7 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GIGNAC, 1.5 km away at 58 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

An average of 631 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS, 3.7 km away at 86 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34114/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34114/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34114/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34114/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34114
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
Auvers-sur-Oise	95	612 km N	6,863	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillon	27	636 km N	6,746	66.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Grenay	62	758 km N	6,644	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 %
La Montagne	44	567 km NW	6,505	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Estaires	59	780 km N	6,525	60.1	Served	no figures
Saint-Victoret	13	138 km E	6,730	67.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Victoret	13	138 km E	6,730	67.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Montagne	44	567 km NW	6,505	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Auvers-sur-Oise	95	612 km N	6,863	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillon	27	636 km N	6,746	66.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Grenay	62	758 km N	6,644	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 %
Estaires	59	780 km N	6,525	60.1	Served	no figures

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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 Gignac'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
Marguerittes	30	75 km E	8,346	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont-l'Hérault	34	10 km W	9,461	82.2	Well served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vauvert	30	58 km E	11,671	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Laudun-l'Ardoise	30	102 km NE	6,835	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tarascon	13	91 km E	15,396	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vergèze	30	55 km E	5,788	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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