Poujols

Hérault · CC Lodévois et Larzac · INSEE 34212

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 24.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poujols (INSEE 34212) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Lodévois et Larzac. Population 190 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 15,694 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	9.96
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MILESI EVENTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (POINT DE LECTURE DE POUJOLS SALLE DU PRESSOIR). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	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	1	MILESI EVENTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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	1	POINT DE LECTURE DE POUJOLS SALLE DU PRESSOIR	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 105 2023: 190 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 150 (2012) → 190 (2023): 26.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 127 (1990) → 190 (2023): 49.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 21.7 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.7 km EGP — 1.7 km EPrimary school — 1.8 km EBakery — 3.4 km SPharmacy — 3.4 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 (Lodève): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soubès): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soubès): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lodève): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soubès): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.4

Days at or below 0 °C 31.9

Muggy days a summer 5.4

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LODEVE weather station, 4.2 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 277 m. ^[10]

The village sits 93 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at SOUMONT, 6.7 km away at 252 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,082 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 13.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at POUJOLS, 0.1 km away at 276 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 — 34212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34142
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34304
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
Montbolo	66	152 km S	189	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montclar	11	112 km SW	178	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villespassans	34	54 km SW	185	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Orçay	41	403 km N	206	19.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Massac	17	364 km NW	184	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Morley	55	555 km N	204	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villespassans	34	54 km SW	185	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Montclar	11	112 km SW	178	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montbolo	66	152 km S	189	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Massac	17	364 km NW	184	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Orçay	41	403 km N	206	19.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Morley	55	555 km N	204	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Poujols'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
Montbolo	66	152 km S	189	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cadrieu	46	141 km NW	174	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fourmagnac	46	147 km NW	178	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vailhan	34	24 km S	142	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Cadière-et-Cambo	30	44 km NE	230	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Fozières	34	3.0 km SE	194	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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