Laurens

Hérault · CC Les Avant-Monts · INSEE 34130

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

Partly served 56.4/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laurens (INSEE 34130) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 1,815 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34130-laurens

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: low (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie); sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 87 % of the 10,250 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LES 3 EPIS · LE FOURNIL LAURENTIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LAURENTIENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES PIES SE RIENT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (YEUNG YEUNG · AMOR'E GUSTO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAETITIA BESSET-PRAT, MÉDECIN · MARC-FRANCOIS COMBES, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE BILLION, MÉDECIN · LAURE DESORMIERE BENARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL LES DEUX RIVIERES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE LAURENS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE LES 3 EPIS · LE FOURNIL LAURENTIEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE LAURENTIENNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LES PIES SE RIENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	YEUNG YEUNG · AMOR'E GUSTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	4	LAETITIA BESSET-PRAT, MÉDECIN · MARC-FRANCOIS COMBES, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE BILLION, MÉDECIN · LAURE DESORMIERE BENARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL LES DEUX RIVIERES	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	MEDIATHEQUE DE LAURENS	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,047 2023: 1,815 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,514 (2012) → 1,815 (2023): 19.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,009 (1990) → 1,815 (2023): 79.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,073, of which 13.4 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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

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

GP (Laurens): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Laurens): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Laurens): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.4▸

Muggy days a summer 7.7

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MURVIEL LES BEZIERS weather station, 6.7 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 6.7 km away at 140 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 629 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 6.7 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34130
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-Rémy-sur-Durolle	63	265 km N	1,746	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 8 % · humidity 43 %
Ceton	61	556 km N	1,734	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 49 %
Peillac	56	628 km NW	1,873	53.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Villemeux-sur-Eure	28	588 km N	1,780	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Rignac	12	123 km NW	2,000	61	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 31 % · humidity 50 %
Marcillac-Vallon	12	121 km NW	1,711	63	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcillac-Vallon	12	121 km NW	1,711	63	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %
Rignac	12	123 km NW	2,000	61	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 31 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle	63	265 km N	1,746	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 8 % · humidity 43 %
Ceton	61	556 km N	1,734	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 49 %
Villemeux-sur-Eure	28	588 km N	1,780	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Peillac	56	628 km NW	1,873	53.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Laurens'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
Mérindol	84	164 km E	2,283	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Alignan-du-Vent	34	13 km SE	1,796	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lézignan-la-Cèbe	34	20 km E	1,580	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Tourbes	34	17 km SE	1,936	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Chinian	34	23 km SW	1,811	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pinet	34	29 km SE	2,049	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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