Lunas-les-Châteaux
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lunas-les-Châteaux (INSEE 34144) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc. Population 832 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: Dio-et-Valquières (34093). [3]
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 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 40 % of the 15,423 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.48 |
| Housing mix | 0.23 | 5 | 1.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [4,5]
2 × Restaurant (L AUBERGE GOURMANDE · O PETIT BAIGNEUR). [5,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE REDONDEL). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [5]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DU PRESBYTERE). [5]
1 × Hairdresser. [5,4]
2 × Hotel (LE MANOIR DE GRAVEZON · L AUBERGE GOURMANDE). [5,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING RENDEZ VOUS LUNAS). [5,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | L AUBERGE GOURMANDE · O PETIT BAIGNEUR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [5,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE REDONDEL | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [5] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE DU PRESBYTERE | INSEE BPE 1 [5] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [5,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | LE MANOIR DE GRAVEZON · L AUBERGE GOURMANDE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING RENDEZ VOUS LUNAS | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 796 (2012) → 832 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 725 (1990) → 832 (2023): 14.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 795, of which 38.4 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Le Bousquet-d'Orb): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LUNAS weather station, 2.4 km away at 249 m; the village itself is at 279 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BEDARIEUX, 8.7 km away at 373 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 94 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 1,133 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 12.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LUNAS, 2.4 km away at 249 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34144/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34144/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34144/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34144/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34038
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solaro | 2B | 539 km E | 736 | 37.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vacheresse | 74 | 399 km NE | 939 | 43.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bages | 11 | 67 km S | 720 | 41.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Charencey | 61 | 580 km N | 754 | 30.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
| Montperreux | 25 | 425 km NE | 940 | 36.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Champdor-Corcelles | 01 | 319 km NE | 665 | 30.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bages | 11 | 67 km S | 720 | 41.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Champdor-Corcelles | 01 | 319 km NE | 665 | 30.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vacheresse | 74 | 399 km NE | 939 | 43.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Montperreux | 25 | 425 km NE | 940 | 36.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Solaro | 2B | 539 km E | 736 | 37.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Charencey | 61 | 580 km N | 754 | 30.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Lunas-les-Châteaux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monoblet | 30 | 64 km NE | 787 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Tour | 06 | 321 km E | 540 | 44.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villemade | 82 | 158 km W | 834 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Margon | 34 | 26 km S | 778 | 42.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villedieu | 84 | 160 km NE | 507 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aulas | 30 | 45 km NE | 456 | 33.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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