Lunel
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 81.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lunel (INSEE 34145) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Lunel Agglo. Population 26,623 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34145-lunel
Vitality score
Vitality score 81.5/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 89 % of the 872 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 | 0.86 | 25 | 21.59 |
| Social | 0.91 | 20 | 18.26 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.79 | 10 | 7.89 |
| Public & culture | 0.17 | 5 | 0.85 |
| Population trend | 0.95 | 10 | 9.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
19 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SOLIGNAC · SARL SEFRE · LE FOURNIL DU MAS · LE FOURNIL D'AMBRUSSUM). [3,4]
12 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAILHET LD · LES SAVEURS D'ANTAN DES HALLES · LA BOUCHERIE DES HALLES). [3,4]
19 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ RACHID · BEAUX ARTS EPICERIE · MARCEL & FILS PAO · AU COIN DES SAVEURS · CASCANHOL SCOP). [3,4]
6 × Supermarket (LIDL · SUPER U · PAREL · E.LECLERC · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE FB). [3,4]
87 × Restaurant (GRAL · LUCAS · AIGUES-MARINES · ITALIENNE CONCEPT DE RESTAURATION). [3,4]
14 × Café / bar (LA CUISINE A GER · LE MODERNE · BAR DES SPORTS · LE TRIANON · WAN). [4]
6 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GAMBETTA · ECOLE MATERNELLE ARC EN CIEL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PONT DE VESSE · ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES BREL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIO ROUSTAN). [3]
8 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE H.DE BORNIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE PARC · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIO ROUSTAN). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE FREDERIC MISTRAL · COLLEGE AMBRUSSUM · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE THERESE). [3]
42 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-YVES BOILLAT, MÉDECIN · CYRIL PERROLLAZ, MÉDECIN · JOSEPH NADER, MÉDECIN · GAELLE TEXIER, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE STEMER, MÉDECIN). [3]
7 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES PORTES DE LA MER · SELARL PHARMACIE DU MISTRAL · PHARMACIE PRINCIPALE · PHARMACIE DES ARENES · PHARMACIE LEOTY). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (LUNEL INTERMARCHE PORTES DE MER RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE LUNEL AGGLO). [3]
1 × Cinema (ATHENEE). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS INTERCOMMUNALE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF FERNAND BRUNEL · COMPLEXE SPORTIF PIERRE RAMADIER · COMPLEXE SPORTIF COLETTE BESSON). [3]
14 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE MEDITERRANEE · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE LUNEL VICTOR HUGO · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD). [3]
50 × Hairdresser (ESPACE COIFFURE · LA COIFFURE A DOMICILE KARINE · M-L COIFFURE MIXTE · PAUSE COIFFURE). [3,4]
5 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
4 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT MON AUBERGE · HOTEL KYRIAD MONTPELLIER LUNEL · AMBRE HOTEL · IBIS LUNEL). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (AIROTEL CAMPING BON PORT · CAMPING LE MAS DE L'ISLE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 6 × Bakery (boulangerie), 10 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 16 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 5 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 19 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SOLIGNAC · SARL SEFRE · LE FOURNIL DU MAS · LE FOURNIL D'AMBRUSSUM | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 12 | MAILHET LD · LES SAVEURS D'ANTAN DES HALLES · LA BOUCHERIE DES HALLES | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 19 | CHEZ RACHID · BEAUX ARTS EPICERIE · MARCEL & FILS PAO · AU COIN DES SAVEURS · CASCANHOL SCOP | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 39 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 6 | LIDL · SUPER U · PAREL · E.LECLERC · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | POISSONNERIE FB | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 87 | GRAL · LUCAS · AIGUES-MARINES · ITALIENNE CONCEPT DE RESTAURATION | INSEE BPE 87 / INSEE SIRENE 170 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 14 | LA CUISINE A GER · LE MODERNE · BAR DES SPORTS · LE TRIANON · WAN | INSEE SIRENE 14 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 6 | ECOLE MATERNELLE GAMBETTA · ECOLE MATERNELLE ARC EN CIEL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PONT DE VESSE · ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES BREL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIO ROUSTAN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 8 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE H.DE BORNIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE PARC · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIO ROUSTAN | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE FREDERIC MISTRAL · COLLEGE AMBRUSSUM · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE THERESE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 42 | JEAN-YVES BOILLAT, MÉDECIN · CYRIL PERROLLAZ, MÉDECIN · JOSEPH NADER, MÉDECIN · GAELLE TEXIER, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE STEMER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 42 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 7 | PHARMACIE DES PORTES DE LA MER · SELARL PHARMACIE DU MISTRAL · PHARMACIE PRINCIPALE · PHARMACIE DES ARENES · PHARMACIE LEOTY | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | LUNEL INTERMARCHE PORTES DE MER RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE LUNEL AGGLO | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | ATHENEE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | HALLE DES SPORTS INTERCOMMUNALE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF FERNAND BRUNEL · COMPLEXE SPORTIF PIERRE RAMADIER · COMPLEXE SPORTIF COLETTE BESSON | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 14 | BANQUE POPULAIRE MEDITERRANEE · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE LUNEL VICTOR HUGO · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD | INSEE BPE 14 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 50 | ESPACE COIFFURE · LA COIFFURE A DOMICILE KARINE · M-L COIFFURE MIXTE · PAUSE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 50 / INSEE SIRENE 69 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 5 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 4 | HOTEL RESTAURANT MON AUBERGE · HOTEL KYRIAD MONTPELLIER LUNEL · AMBRE HOTEL · IBIS LUNEL | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | AIROTEL CAMPING BON PORT · CAMPING LE MAS DE L'ISLE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 25,405 (2012) → 26,623 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 18,404 (1990) → 26,623 (2023): 44.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 12,705, of which 1.2 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lunel): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lunel): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Lunel): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lunel): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lunel): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 68 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VERARGUES weather station, 5.5 km away at 56 m; the village itself is at 7 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MARSILLARGUES, 5.8 km away at 4 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LUNEL, 1.5 km away at 6 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34145/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34145/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34145/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34145/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34145
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miramas | 13 | 71 km E | 26,203 | 75.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 % |
| Étampes | 91 | 550 km N | 26,857 | 72.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 % |
| Armentières | 59 | 785 km N | 26,998 | 72 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 7 % |
| Muret | 31 | 227 km W | 26,079 | 71.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 % |
| Sens | 89 | 507 km N | 27,106 | 78.9 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 % |
| Soissons | 02 | 637 km N | 28,046 | 77.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miramas | 13 | 71 km E | 26,203 | 75.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 % |
| Muret | 31 | 227 km W | 26,079 | 71.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 % |
| Sens | 89 | 507 km N | 27,106 | 78.9 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 % |
| Étampes | 91 | 550 km N | 26,857 | 72.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 % |
| Soissons | 02 | 637 km N | 28,046 | 77.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 % |
| Armentières | 59 | 785 km N | 26,998 | 72 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 7 % |
Elsewhere
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