Popian

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34208

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Popian (INSEE 34208) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 380 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 18,061 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	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)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 214 2023: 380 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 351 (2012) → 380 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 195 (1990) → 380 (2023): 94.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 5.3 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.6 km EGP — 2.9 km SFood shop — 3.1 km SPharmacy — 3.2 km SBakery — 3.6 km N 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 (Gignac): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Pouget): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Pouget): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Pouget): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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 7.4

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. ^[11]

Measured at the LE POUGET weather station, 4.4 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 69 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GIGNAC, 5.3 km away at 58 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE POUGET, 4.4 km away at 70 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34208/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34208/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34208/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34208/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34114
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34241
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
Furchhausen	67	642 km NE	376	12	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Warlus	62	743 km N	377	11.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Bussy-lès-Daours	80	704 km N	370	12.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Jean-lès-Buzy	55	639 km N	368	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Loubières	09	171 km SW	359	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Burey	27	629 km N	410	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 68 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Loubières	09	171 km SW	359	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Burey	27	629 km N	410	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Jean-lès-Buzy	55	639 km N	368	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Furchhausen	67	642 km NE	376	12	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Bussy-lès-Daours	80	704 km N	370	12.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Warlus	62	743 km N	377	11.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Popian'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-Laurent-de-Carnols	30	103 km NE	553	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lacoste	34	8.5 km W	303	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm	30	71 km NE	379	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hippolyte-de-Caton	30	73 km NE	284	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Césaire-de-Gauzignan	30	70 km NE	391	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles	13	100 km E	564	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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