Minerve

Identity

Minerve (INSEE 34158) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 98 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/34158-minerve

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 10,424 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

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (MILHEIRO JOAO PAULA · LA TERRASSE DE MINERVE · AUX 2 RIVIERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MINERVE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MAQUIS). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 134 (2012) → 98 (2023): -26.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 104 (1990) → 98 (2023): -5.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 112, of which 33 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Azillanet): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Minerve): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aigues-Vives): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Olonzac): 8 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Caunette): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BEAUFORT weather station, 6.3 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 177 m. ^[13]

The village sits 91 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 9.7 km away at 258 m, over 18 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 81 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at BEAUFORT, 6.3 km away at 86 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34158/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34158/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34158/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34158/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34020
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34158
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34007
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34189
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34059
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024