Neffiès

Identity

Neffiès (INSEE 34181) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 1,008 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34181-neffies

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 14,278 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL CHOFF MARCEL). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CAFE DES SPORTS · RESTAURANT LE VERY'TABLE · POZ KURTOZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AUX AMIS WINEHOUSE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS AUTHIE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ELLE COIFFE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 1,037 (2012) → 1,008 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 620 (1990) → 1,008 (2023): 62.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 706, of which 22.4 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Neffiès): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Caux): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fontès): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Roujan): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Neffiès): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROUJAN-INRAE weather station, 4.8 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 131 m. ^[12]

The village sits 58 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 4.8 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 58 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VAILHAN, 3.1 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34181/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34181/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34181/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34181/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34181
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34063
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34103
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34237
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024