Prémian

Hérault · CC du Minervois au Caroux · INSEE 34219

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prémian (INSEE 34219) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 479 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34219-premian

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,879 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.68	10	6.77
Housing mix	0.44	5	2.22

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MPB · LES GOURMANDISES D'ELEA ET MANON). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L'ESCLOP DU JAURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES TERRASSES DU JAUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MPB · LES GOURMANDISES D'ELEA ET MANON	INSEE BPE 2 / 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 [3,4]
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	L'ESCLOP DU JAURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI LAURIOL	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PREMIAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES TERRASSES DU JAUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 354 peak 2012: 557 2023: 479 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 557 (2012) → 479 (2023): -14 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 407 (1990) → 479 (2023): 17.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 417, of which 27.8 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.4 km SWGP — 6.9 km SWPharmacy — 7.6 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 (Prémian): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pons-de-Thomières): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pons-de-Thomières): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Olargues): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Prémian): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45▸

Days at or below 0 °C 11.4▸

Muggy days a summer 5.2

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 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERLOU weather station, 11.2 km away at 191 m; the village itself is at 237 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MURAT SUR VEBRE, 12.2 km away at 1,022 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 785 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,127 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST PONS, 7.2 km away at 384 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 — 34219/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34219/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34219/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34219/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34219
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34284
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34187
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
Gy-en-Sologne	41	436 km N	475	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Castelnau-Durban	09	134 km SW	458	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Faugères	34	29 km E	548	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-Labeaume	07	172 km NE	567	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Thannenkirch	68	627 km NE	451	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %
Thoiry	73	342 km NE	456	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Faugères	34	29 km E	548	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-Durban	09	134 km SW	458	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-Labeaume	07	172 km NE	567	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Thoiry	73	342 km NE	456	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Gy-en-Sologne	41	436 km N	475	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Thannenkirch	68	627 km NE	451	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 30 % · 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 Prémian'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
Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge	30	122 km NE	525	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	2.4 km NE	302	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Tavera	2A	530 km E	453	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Brouzet-lès-Alès	30	132 km NE	670	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bez-et-Esparon	30	75 km NE	335	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Villemagne-l'Argentière	34	26 km NE	415	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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