Les Rives

Hérault · CC Lodévois et Larzac · INSEE 34230

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Rives (INSEE 34230) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Lodévois et Larzac. Population 150 (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/34230-les-rives

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 14,109 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.97	10	9.71
Housing mix	0.46	5	2.28

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE RIVERAIN). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	LE RIVERAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LES RIVES	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: 92 2023: 150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 136 (2012) → 150 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 102 (1990) → 150 (2023): 47.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 114, of which 27.2 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km NEFood shop — 8.7 km NEGP — 10.5 km SEPharmacy — 12.7 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 (Le Caylar): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Couvertoirade): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soubès): 10.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lodève): 12.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Les Rives): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.7

Days at or below 0 °C 67.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LE CAYLAR_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 729 m; the village itself is at 751 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LES PLANS, 6.5 km away at 846 m, over 26 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 95 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,109 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LE CAYLAR_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 729 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34230/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34230/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34230/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34230/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34142
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34230
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
Éourres	05	199 km E	151	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Entrevennes	04	221 km E	163	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Thizy	89	419 km N	186	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Étourvy	10	462 km N	141	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Teilhet	09	146 km SW	162	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Vailhan	34	32 km S	142	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vailhan	34	32 km S	142	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Teilhet	09	146 km SW	162	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Éourres	05	199 km E	151	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Entrevennes	04	221 km E	163	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Thizy	89	419 km N	186	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Étourvy	10	462 km N	141	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Les Rives'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
Étourvy	10	462 km N	141	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fribourg	57	613 km NE	159	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Martigny-les-Gerbonvaux	88	548 km N	121	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Clomot	21	384 km N	121	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Aïssey	25	449 km NE	168	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Soussey-sur-Brionne	21	400 km N	155	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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