Puéchabon

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34221

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

Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Puéchabon (INSEE 34221) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 509 (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 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,741 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA JANNUZZI · LOCO). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	2	PIZZA JANNUZZI · LOCO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PUECHABON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 200 2023: 509 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 454 (2012) → 509 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 273 (1990) → 509 (2023): 86.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 341, of which 15.2 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km SWFood shop — 3.9 km SWGP — 4.0 km SWPharmacy — 4.9 km SW 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 (Aniane): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aniane): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aniane): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aniane): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Puéchabon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 55.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 39.7

Muggy days a summer 6

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 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTARNAUD weather station, 10.5 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GIGNAC, 7.2 km away at 58 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 103 m below 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 840 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 12.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANIANE, 4.5 km away at 65 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 — 34221/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34221/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34221/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34221/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34221
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
Gilles	28	600 km N	498	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux	37	484 km NW	479	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Cestayrols	81	134 km W	455	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Les Églises-d'Argenteuil	17	406 km NW	537	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Angeac-Champagne	16	374 km NW	495	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lachapelle-sous-Rougemont	90	517 km NE	539	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cestayrols	81	134 km W	455	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Angeac-Champagne	16	374 km NW	495	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Les Églises-d'Argenteuil	17	406 km NW	537	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux	37	484 km NW	479	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Lachapelle-sous-Rougemont	90	517 km NE	539	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Gilles	28	600 km N	498	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · 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 Puéchabon'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
Bézac	09	177 km W	485	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montdragon	81	122 km W	614	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pont-de-Barret	26	148 km NE	657	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sauteyrargues	34	28 km NE	441	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Les Plans	30	67 km NE	292	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-Valence	30	60 km NE	469	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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