Moulès-et-Baucels

Hérault · CC des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises · INSEE 34174

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moulès-et-Baucels (INSEE 34174) is in Hérault (34), part of CC des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. Population 875 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

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 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 15,155 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (ALL'OVALE). ^[4,3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE BEL HAIR). ^[4,3]

1 × Hotel (DOMAINE DE BLANCARDY). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	ALL'OVALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	LE BEL HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	DOMAINE DE BLANCARDY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 77 peak 2017: 877 2023: 875 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 867 (2012) → 875 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 297 (1990) → 875 (2023): 194.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 433, of which 5.8 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.2 km WGP — 1.5 km SWBakery — 2.2 km SWPrimary school — 2.2 km SWPharmacy — 2.2 km SW 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 (Ganges): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ganges): 1.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ganges): 1.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ganges): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ganges): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 69.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 33.6

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 70 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MOULES-ET-BAUCELS weather station, 1.6 km away at 252 m; the village itself is at 175 m. ^[9]

The village sits 77 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. ^[9]

An average of 1,136 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 14.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MOULES-ET-BAUCELS, 1.6 km away at 252 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34111
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
Vimont	14	649 km NW	887	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 93 %
Flétrange	57	609 km N	875	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 47 %
Marcq	78	566 km N	802	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %
Cize	39	353 km NE	797	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %
Rosières	81	124 km W	716	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 85 %
Narcastet	64	335 km W	753	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rosières	81	124 km W	716	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 85 %
Narcastet	64	335 km W	753	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 84 %
Cize	39	353 km NE	797	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %
Marcq	78	566 km N	802	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %
Flétrange	57	609 km N	875	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 47 %
Vimont	14	649 km NW	887	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 93 %

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