Roquessels

Identity

Roquessels (INSEE 34234) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 119 (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/34234-roquessels

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 12,100 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 112 (2012) → 119 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 123 (1990) → 119 (2023): -3.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 31.1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Faugères): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laurens): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laurens): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Laurens): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Faugères): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES AIRES weather station, 9.9 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 242 m. ^[10]

The village sits 52 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 10.3 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 169 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 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VAILHAN, 6.2 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

22 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 149,150 € — 1,514 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Hérault is 2,750 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34234/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34234/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34234/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34234/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34096
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34130
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025