Murviel-lès-Montpellier
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Murviel-lès-Montpellier (INSEE 34179) is in Hérault (34), part of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Population 2,075 (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/34179-murviel-les-montpellier
Vitality score
Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 36 % of the 9,364 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ JUJU ET BEA). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE DE L'OPPIDUM). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEANNE BARRET). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE THERESE SUDRE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KARINA MASSON, MÉDECIN · CELINE BARRES, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MURVIEL LES MONTPELLIER AP). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE LEO MALET). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (CERPOLET STELLA · FRANCK COIFFEUR BARBIER · JAVOTTE COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Pharmacy. [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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | CHEZ JUJU ET BEA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | BRASSERIE DE L'OPPIDUM | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEANNE BARRET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE THERESE SUDRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | KARINA MASSON, MÉDECIN · CELINE BARRES, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MURVIEL LES MONTPELLIER AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE LEO MALET | 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 | 5 | CERPOLET STELLA · FRANCK COIFFEUR BARBIER · JAVOTTE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Sunday parking des commerces. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,877 (2012) → 2,075 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 935 (1990) → 2,075 (2023): 121.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 888, of which 3 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pignan): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Murviel-lès-Montpellier): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
GP (Murviel-lès-Montpellier): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Pignan): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Murviel-lès-Montpellier): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MONTARNAUD weather station, 5.2 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 124 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VILLENEUVE-LES-MAG-INRAE, 12.1 km away at 20 m, over 11 summers. [11]
That station sits 104 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MONTARNAUD, 5.2 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34179/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://murviel.fr/marche-hebdomadaire/— “Le 15 mars 2015, le marché dominical de Murviel-lès-Montpellier était lancé.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34179/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34179/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34179/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34202
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34179
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinçay | 86 | 432 km NW | 2,139 | 34.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Laurent-d'Agny | 69 | 238 km N | 2,111 | 44.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance | 49 | 533 km NW | 2,216 | 41.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 95 % · humidity 7 % |
| Veurey-Voroize | 38 | 238 km NE | 1,427 | 35.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 93 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Gelais | 79 | 448 km NW | 2,220 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 92 % · humidity 7 % |
| Razac-sur-l'Isle | 24 | 303 km NW | 2,376 | 32.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veurey-Voroize | 38 | 238 km NE | 1,427 | 35.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 93 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Laurent-d'Agny | 69 | 238 km N | 2,111 | 44.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 % |
| Razac-sur-l'Isle | 24 | 303 km NW | 2,376 | 32.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 % |
| Quinçay | 86 | 432 km NW | 2,139 | 34.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Gelais | 79 | 448 km NW | 2,220 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 92 % · humidity 7 % |
| Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance | 49 | 533 km NW | 2,216 | 41.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 95 % · humidity 7 % |
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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 Murviel-lès-Montpellier'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues | 34 | 26 km NE | 2,148 | 51 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| L'Escarène | 06 | 292 km E | 2,585 | 55.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lansargues | 34 | 28 km E | 3,233 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Just | 34 | 31 km E | 3,293 | 45 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Blausasc | 06 | 292 km E | 1,668 | 60.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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