Plaissan

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34204

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

Partly served 41.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plaissan (INSEE 34204) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 1,718 (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/34204-plaissan

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 10,616 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIIE GRAIN). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (EURL L'OLIVINE · OKAVO · L'ATELIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS CAMMAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'UNIV HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIIE GRAIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	8	EURL L'OLIVINE · OKAVO · L'ATELIER	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FRANCOIS CAMMAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	PLAISSAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	1	L'UNIV HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / 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: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 641 2023: 1,718 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 961 (2012) → 1,718 (2023): 78.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 616 (1990) → 1,718 (2023): 178.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 815, of which 6 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.1 km SBakery — 3.3 km SFood shop — 3.3 km S 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-Pargoire): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pargoire): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Plaissan): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pargoire): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.3

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE POUGET weather station, 2.7 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS, 12 km away at 86 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE POUGET, 2.7 km away at 70 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34204
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
Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq	40	386 km W	1,840	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
Avignonet-Lauragais	31	142 km W	1,573	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Colleret	59	746 km N	1,541	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Mellecey	71	374 km N	1,348	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Cauvigny	60	646 km N	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Flaviac	07	161 km NE	1,235	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avignonet-Lauragais	31	142 km W	1,573	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Flaviac	07	161 km NE	1,235	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Mellecey	71	374 km N	1,348	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq	40	386 km W	1,840	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
Cauvigny	60	646 km N	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Colleret	59	746 km N	1,541	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Plaissan'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
Saze	30	102 km NE	2,096	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lédenon	30	88 km NE	1,685	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Combaillaux	34	23 km NE	2,001	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Nazaire	30	113 km NE	1,312	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas	30	116 km NE	1,531	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Aspiran	34	6.3 km W	1,672	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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