Le Poujol-sur-Orb

Hérault · CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc · INSEE 34211

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

Partly served 54.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Poujol-sur-Orb (INSEE 34211) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc. Population 947 (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/34211-le-poujol-sur-orb

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 14,674 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.55	10	5.46
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU POUJOL). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MARIE ET VOUS · EN AVANT GUINGUETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU GRAND CEDRE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHARLES BOURGUIGNON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHAPEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE POUJOL SUR ORB AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MARCEL GUIBBAUD). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DU POUJOL	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	3	MARIE ET VOUS · EN AVANT GUINGUETTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU GRAND CEDRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHARLES BOURGUIGNON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CHAPEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE POUJOL SUR ORB AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MARCEL GUIBBAUD	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 876 peak 2017: 1,083 2023: 947 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,033 (2012) → 947 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 905 (1990) → 947 (2023): 4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 747, of which 11.1 % second homes and 23 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.2 km NE 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 (Lamalou-les-Bains): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Poujol-sur-Orb): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Poujol-sur-Orb): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Poujol-sur-Orb): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Poujol-sur-Orb): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 4.9

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES AIRES weather station, 3.8 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 172 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BEDARIEUX, 9.5 km away at 373 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 201 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,081 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 13.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES AIRES, 3.8 km away at 190 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 — 34211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34211
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
Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe	61	606 km N	1,006	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Beton-Bazoches	77	570 km N	890	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Ornaisons	11	48 km S	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Caradec	22	687 km NW	1,132	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Aguessac	12	64 km N	929	57.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Villefagnan	16	359 km NW	972	66.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ornaisons	11	48 km S	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Aguessac	12	64 km N	929	57.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Villefagnan	16	359 km NW	972	66.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Beton-Bazoches	77	570 km N	890	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe	61	606 km N	1,006	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Caradec	22	687 km NW	1,132	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Le Poujol-sur-Orb'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
Auvillar	82	182 km W	895	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Espeluche	26	175 km NE	1,134	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Argelliers	34	51 km E	1,002	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion	26	184 km NE	1,091	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Terssac	81	88 km NW	1,195	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans	26	240 km NE	826	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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