Pouzolles

Hérault · CC Les Avant-Monts · INSEE 34214

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

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pouzolles (INSEE 34214) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 1,233 (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/34214-pouzolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 13,048 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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) (ROBERT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BISTROT CAFE DES ALLEES). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (COLETTE VAILLANDET, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER ROMIEU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (PUERTO CHRISTIANE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ROBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	BISTROT CAFE DES ALLEES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	COLETTE VAILLANDET, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER ROMIEU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	POUZOLLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2	PUERTO CHRISTIANE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 855 2023: 1,233 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,106 (2012) → 1,233 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 762 (1990) → 1,233 (2023): 61.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 751, of which 13.2 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.3 km NPharmacy — 3.3 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 (Pouzolles): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gabian): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pouzolles): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gabian): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 44.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.8

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROUJAN-INRAE weather station, 3.5 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 71 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 3.5 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 556 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 3.5 km away at 73 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 — 34214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34109
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
Us	95	633 km N	1,374	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Mercus-Garrabet	09	150 km SW	1,238	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	471 km NW	1,233	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Molières-sur-Cèze	30	112 km NE	1,176	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Bobital	22	688 km NW	1,170	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Bouère	53	568 km NW	1,058	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Molières-sur-Cèze	30	112 km NE	1,176	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Mercus-Garrabet	09	150 km SW	1,238	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	471 km NW	1,233	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Bouère	53	568 km NW	1,058	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Us	95	633 km N	1,374	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Bobital	22	688 km NW	1,170	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 89 % · 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 Pouzolles'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
Meysse	07	170 km NE	1,366	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Péret	34	14 km NE	1,137	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Neffiès	34	7.1 km NE	1,008	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Espondeilhan	34	5.2 km S	1,268	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Puimisson	34	7.5 km SW	1,225	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Fontès	34	10 km NE	1,060	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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