Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34241

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve (INSEE 34241) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 947 (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/34241-saint-bauzille-de-la-sylve

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 14,674 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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 × Café / bar (CAFE DU COMMERCE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE COSTA BELLE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BAUZILLE DE LA SYLVE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT BAUZILLE DE LA SYLVE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (PEREZ LOUISE). ^[4,3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU COMMERCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE COSTA BELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT BAUZILLE DE LA SYLVE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT BAUZILLE DE LA SYLVE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	PEREZ LOUISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 605 2023: 947 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 837 (2012) → 947 (2023): 13.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 602 (1990) → 947 (2023): 57.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 489, of which 5.9 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km NWGP — 2.9 km SWFood shop — 3.2 km SWPharmacy — 3.3 km SWBakery — 3.8 km N 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 (Gignac): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Pouget): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Pouget): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Pouget): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.3

Muggy days a summer 7.4

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 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE POUGET weather station, 4.4 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GIGNAC, 5.3 km away at 58 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE POUGET, 4.4 km away at 70 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 — 34241/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34241/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34241/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34241/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34114
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34241
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
Berchères-les-Pierres	28	552 km N	1,000	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Vandières	54	623 km N	934	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 34 %
Ancinnes	72	589 km NW	895	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
May-en-Multien	77	608 km N	877	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Villiers	86	431 km NW	982	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Villemontais	42	265 km N	1,042	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villemontais	42	265 km N	1,042	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Villiers	86	431 km NW	982	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Berchères-les-Pierres	28	552 km N	1,000	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Ancinnes	72	589 km NW	895	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
May-en-Multien	77	608 km N	877	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Vandières	54	623 km N	934	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 34 %

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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 Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve'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
Domazan	30	95 km E	960	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Pouzols	34	2.8 km W	953	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Adissan	34	13 km SW	1,371	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles	13	99 km E	564	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gaujac	30	97 km NE	1,129	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Souvignargues	30	51 km NE	957	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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