Joncels

Hérault · CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc · INSEE 34121

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

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Joncels (INSEE 34121) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc. Population 256 (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 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,315 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.65	10	6.53
Housing mix	0.23	5	1.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (JONCELS AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	JONCELS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 222 peak 2017: 313 2023: 256 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 295 (2012) → 256 (2023): -13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 222 (1990) → 256 (2023): 15.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 255, of which 38.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.3 km SWFood shop — 5.3 km SWGP — 5.5 km SPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Joncels): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.7

Days at or below 0 °C 45.9

Muggy days a summer 4.6

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LUNAS weather station, 4.9 km away at 249 m; the village itself is at 403 m. ^[10]

The village sits 154 m above 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LES PLANS, 6.9 km away at 846 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 443 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,126 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE BOUSQUET-D ORB, 3.9 km away at 278 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34121
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
Paris-l'Hôpital	71	371 km N	285	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
La Bruguière	30	106 km NE	332	22.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Saléchan	65	225 km W	242	11.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Thury	21	381 km N	262	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Lasserre	09	180 km SW	252	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Lajoux	39	366 km NE	287	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Bruguière	30	106 km NE	332	22.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Lasserre	09	180 km SW	252	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saléchan	65	225 km W	242	11.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Lajoux	39	366 km NE	287	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Paris-l'Hôpital	71	371 km N	285	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Thury	21	381 km N	262	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Joncels'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
Durance	47	247 km W	255	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Branceilles	19	185 km NW	279	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Bastide-de-Bousignac	09	130 km SW	331	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Roquetaillade-et-Conilhac	11	115 km SW	265	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ciadoux	31	205 km W	234	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lacabarède	81	57 km SW	288	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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