Lauroux

Identity

Lauroux (INSEE 34132) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Lodévois et Larzac. Population 214 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34132-lauroux

Vitality score

Vitality score 15/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 16,393 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DELPHYNE COIFF A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 199 (2012) → 214 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 149 (1990) → 214 (2023): 43.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 188, of which 31.9 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lodève): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soubès): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Plans): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lodève): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soubès): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES PLANS weather station, 3.6 km away at 846 m; the village itself is at 307 m. ^[11]

The village sits 539 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LES PLANS, 3.6 km away at 846 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 539 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,082 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 13.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at POUJOLS, 3.3 km away at 276 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 147,760 € — 1,278 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Hérault is 2,750 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34132/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34132/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34132/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34132/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34142
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34304
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34205
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025