Graissessac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Graissessac (INSEE 34117) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc. Population 554 (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 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 17,489 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 | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.31 | 10 | 3.06 |
| Housing mix | 0.49 | 5 | 2.47 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TONTON PIERROT · LES ATELIERS DE TONTON PIERROT). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (BEACH BREAK). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (OFFICINE DE GRAISSESSAC). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GRAISSESSAC). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL GRAND CHAMP). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | TONTON PIERROT · LES ATELIERS DE TONTON PIERROT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | BEACH BREAK | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | BAR DES SPORTS | INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | OFFICINE DE GRAISSESSAC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GRAISSESSAC | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL GRAND CHAMP | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 717 (2012) → 554 (2023): -22.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 687 (1990) → 554 (2023): -19.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 637, of which 25.3 % second homes and 22.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Graissessac): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Graissessac): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Graissessac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BEDARIEUX weather station, 6.2 km away at 373 m; the village itself is at 345 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BEDARIEUX, 6.2 km away at 373 m, over 29 summers. [10]
An average of 1,250 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 14.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST GERVAIS, 4.6 km away at 320 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
73 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 64,000 € — 852 € per m² of built surface. [11]
62 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 38,500 € — 454 € per m². [11]
The median across Hérault is 2,750 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34117/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34117/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34117/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34117/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34117
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34260
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verteillac | 24 | 285 km NW | 547 | 55 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châtel-Censoir | 89 | 430 km N | 561 | 52.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine | 63 | 215 km N | 534 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 3 % · humidity 79 % |
| Puyméras | 84 | 176 km NE | 585 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontenoy-le-Château | 88 | 535 km NE | 500 | 51.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 27 % |
| Luxey | 40 | 296 km W | 654 | 44.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puyméras | 84 | 176 km NE | 585 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine | 63 | 215 km N | 534 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 3 % · humidity 79 % |
| Verteillac | 24 | 285 km NW | 547 | 55 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Luxey | 40 | 296 km W | 654 | 44.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 57 % |
| Châtel-Censoir | 89 | 430 km N | 561 | 52.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontenoy-le-Château | 88 | 535 km NE | 500 | 51.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 27 % |
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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 Graissessac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payzac | 07 | 121 km NE | 539 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Puisseguin | 33 | 288 km NW | 834 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare | 34 | 5.1 km SW | 859 | 60.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Venaco | 2B | 520 km E | 644 | 60.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Camarès | 12 | 23 km NW | 1,030 | 44.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Génolhac | 30 | 101 km NE | 815 | 64.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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