Puissalicon

Hérault · CC Les Avant-Monts · INSEE 34224

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Puissalicon (INSEE 34224) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 1,353 (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/34224-puissalicon

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 12,336 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE DES HAUTS CANTONS). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EI CHEZ ALEX ET LAETI). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CHATEAU ST PIERRE DE SERJAC · CHEZ LOUKA · CAP & MESTRA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PASCAL FOURCADE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU ST PIERRE DE SERJAC). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	CHARCUTERIE DES HAUTS CANTONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EI CHEZ ALEX ET LAETI	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	CHATEAU ST PIERRE DE SERJAC · CHEZ LOUKA · CAP & MESTRA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	1	JEAN-PASCAL FOURCADE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PUISSALICON	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 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHATEAU ST PIERRE DE SERJAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 788 peak 2017: 1,353 2023: 1,353 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,228 (2012) → 1,353 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 802 (1990) → 1,353 (2023): 68.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 798, of which 16.3 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.4 km NWPharmacy — 2.5 km NW 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 (Magalas): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puissalicon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Puissalicon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Magalas): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Puissalicon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.4▸

Muggy days a summer 7.7

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 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MURVIEL LES BEZIERS weather station, 7.5 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 7.5 km away at 140 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 629 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 7.5 km away at 140 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 — 34224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34224/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34224
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
Montpeyroux	34	34 km NE	1,449	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne	73	323 km NE	1,289	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 18 % · humidity 43 %
Labastide-Beauvoir	31	127 km W	1,254	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Puimisson	34	2.9 km SW	1,225	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Névian	11	38 km SW	1,286	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Alairac	11	86 km W	1,395	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Puimisson	34	2.9 km SW	1,225	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montpeyroux	34	34 km NE	1,449	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Névian	11	38 km SW	1,286	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Alairac	11	86 km W	1,395	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Labastide-Beauvoir	31	127 km W	1,254	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne	73	323 km NE	1,289	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 18 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Puissalicon'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
Puimisson	34	2.9 km SW	1,225	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Creissan	34	21 km SW	1,436	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Valros	34	11 km E	1,685	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Fontès	34	15 km NE	1,060	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Autignac	34	7.1 km NW	982	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Laurens	34	7.9 km NW	1,815	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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