Montblanc

Hérault · CA de Béziers-Méditerranée · INSEE 34166

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

Partly served 58.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montblanc (INSEE 34166) is in Hérault (34), part of CA de Béziers-Méditerranée. Population 2,932 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34166-montblanc

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 85 % of the 7,256 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	11.74
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE ALLEGRE · SAS DU MAS DE QUET). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CLARO QUE SI · JDALLING). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · A LA BONNE PATE · O BRAZEIRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE J.BOUSQUET). ^[3]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EVE-LISE TAURIL, MÉDECIN · FRANCOISE JASTROWICZ, MÉDECIN · BRUNO MARIOTTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ANDRE MALRAUX). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'AMANDINE · L'ATELIER DE JOHANNA). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE REBAU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE ALLEGRE · SAS DU MAS DE QUET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	CLARO QUE SI · JDALLING	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	3	AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · A LA BONNE PATE · O BRAZEIRO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE J.BOUSQUET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	EVE-LISE TAURIL, MÉDECIN · FRANCOISE JASTROWICZ, MÉDECIN · BRUNO MARIOTTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE ANDRE MALRAUX	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	2	LES CISEAUX D'AMANDINE · L'ATELIER DE JOHANNA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE REBAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,567 2023: 2,932 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,733 (2012) → 2,932 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,857 (1990) → 2,932 (2023): 57.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,524, of which 6.8 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.8 km NEBakery — 4.0 km E 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 (Saint-Thibéry): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montblanc): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montblanc): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montblanc): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montblanc): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.1

Muggy days a summer 10.1▸

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 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PEZENAS-TOURBES weather station, 5.5 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 5.5 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 573 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 5.5 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

256 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 208,000 € — 2,289 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

24 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 172,609 € — 1,525 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Hérault is 2,750 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34166/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34166/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34166/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34166/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34166
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Montmeyran	26	205 km NE	2,960	56	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Baixas	66	85 km SW	2,777	61.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Panissières	42	277 km N	2,911	61.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Néoules	83	214 km E	2,976	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Cruas	07	180 km NE	2,898	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Aniane	34	37 km NE	2,979	74	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aniane	34	37 km NE	2,979	74	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Baixas	66	85 km SW	2,777	61.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Cruas	07	180 km NE	2,898	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Montmeyran	26	205 km NE	2,960	56	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Néoules	83	214 km E	2,976	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Panissières	42	277 km N	2,911	61.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Montblanc'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
Montagnac	34	14 km NE	4,515	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Baziège	31	142 km W	3,583	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Thibéry	34	4.3 km E	3,132	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mérindol	84	153 km E	2,283	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Puisserguier	34	26 km W	3,078	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lectoure	32	229 km W	3,670	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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