Saint-Brès

Hérault · Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole · INSEE 34244

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Brès (INSEE 34244) is in Hérault (34), part of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Population 3,623 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34244-saint-bres

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 25 % of the 6,107 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.5	20	9.98
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BRESOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (BIERE ACADEMY · LE SAINT BRICE · R&C TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LOLABAR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LE PETIT PRINCE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE GUADAGNINI, MÉDECIN · JEROME GUEDJ, MÉDECIN · SALEHA FERROUDJ, MÉDECIN · ELENA-ANDREEA DAMIAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE SAINT BRES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE SALMERON). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (JM COIFFURE · TELLEMENT ELLE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BRESOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	BIERE ACADEMY · LE SAINT BRICE · R&C TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LOLABAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LE PETIT PRINCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	AURELIE GUADAGNINI, MÉDECIN · JEROME GUEDJ, MÉDECIN · SALEHA FERROUDJ, MÉDECIN · ELENA-ANDREEA DAMIAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE SAINT BRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT BRES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE SALMERON	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	2	JM COIFFURE · TELLEMENT ELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 573 2023: 3,623 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,674 (2012) → 3,623 (2023): 35.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,958 (1990) → 3,623 (2023): 85 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,798, of which 1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km E 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 (Saint-Brès): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Brès): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Brès): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Brès): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Brès): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 61.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 35

Muggy days a summer 15.4▸

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 61 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST DREZERY weather station, 7.9 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[9]

The village sits 51 m below 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MONTPELLIER-AEROPORT, 11.1 km away at 1 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST DREZERY, 7.9 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34244/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34244/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34244/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34244/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34244
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
Marzy	58	376 km N	3,623	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Champhol	28	569 km N	3,643	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Orry-la-Ville	60	619 km N	3,583	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Mours-Saint-Eusèbe	26	176 km NE	3,424	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux	33	376 km W	3,450	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %
Bosroumois	27	669 km N	3,872	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mours-Saint-Eusèbe	26	176 km NE	3,424	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 7 %
Marzy	58	376 km N	3,623	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux	33	376 km W	3,450	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %
Champhol	28	569 km N	3,643	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Orry-la-Ville	60	619 km N	3,583	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Bosroumois	27	669 km N	3,872	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %

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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-Brès'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
Baillargues	34	1.5 km W	7,829	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues	34	3.7 km N	2,148	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vendargues	34	5.0 km W	7,262	69.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Grimaud	83	206 km E	4,587	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-d'Orques	34	21 km W	5,676	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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