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Saint-Clément-de-Rivière

Hérault · CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup · INSEE 34247

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

Partly served 49.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Clément-de-Rivière (INSEE 34247) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 5,218 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34247-saint-clement-de-riviere

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 38 % of the 4,504 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.38259.52
Social0.49209.76
Education0.39103.93
Health0.63106.29
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend0.73107.3
Housing mix0.9154.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL DELICES ET CHOCOLATS · AGATHE OLIVET). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ ANGEL & NICO). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE CHENE VERT · PETIT CASINO). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR). [3,4]

15 × Restaurant (STEACK HOUSE · LE BISTROT · JERJEN · LA FLEUR DE L HORTUS · SUSHI DO). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA SOURCE). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS LANDIER · NINOS'COOL). [3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE PIC ST LOUP · NINOS'COOL). [3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANY FICHE, MÉDECIN · ELODIE VEXLARD, MÉDECIN · AURELIE LYOBARD, MÉDECIN · CELIA BURAVAND-LEFEVRE, MÉDECIN · SAMIA BOUCHENAKI, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES SOURCES · SELAS PHARMACIE TRIFONTAINE). [3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE DU PIC ST LOUP). [3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (SARL VALENTIN COIFFURE · EVOLUTION COIFFEUR · CREATION NG · FRANCK PROVOST). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL KYRIAD). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Café / bar, Library. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3EURL DELICES ET CHOCOLATS · AGATHE OLIVETINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1CHEZ ANGEL & NICOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2LE CHENE VERT · PETIT CASINOINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOURINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant15STEACK HOUSE · LE BISTROT · JERJEN · LA FLEUR DE L HORTUS · SUSHI DOINSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA SOURCEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS LANDIER · NINOS'COOLINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège2COLLEGE PIC ST LOUP · NINOS'COOLINSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)8DANY FICHE, MÉDECIN · ELODIE VEXLARD, MÉDECIN · AURELIE LYOBARD, MÉDECIN · CELIA BURAVAND-LEFEVRE, MÉDECIN · SAMIA BOUCHENAKI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE DES SOURCES · SELAS PHARMACIE TRIFONTAINEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COLLEGE DU PIC ST LOUPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser5SARL VALENTIN COIFFURE · EVOLUTION COIFFEUR · CREATION NG · FRANCK PROVOSTINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel1HOTEL KYRIADINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Sunday 8h à 13h (dimanche); jeudi matin Parking du Centre commercial Le Boulidou. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 236 2023: 5,218 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,867 (2012) → 5,218 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 4,242 (1990) → 5,218 (2023): 23 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,505, of which 4.4 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km NE (Saint-Clément-de-Rivière)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km NE 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-Clément-de-Rivière): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Saint-Clément-de-Rivière): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]

GP (Saint-Clément-de-Rivière): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Clément-de-Rivière): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Clément-de-Rivière): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 63 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PRADES LE LEZ weather station, 4.2 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 98 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 4.2 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 12.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 4.2 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Pharmacy

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34247/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saint-clement-de-riviere.fr/p2121-march-hebdomadaire.html— “Le marché de Saint-Clément-de-Rivière vous accueille le Dimanche de 8h à 13h sur le Parking du Centre commercial Le Boulidou”
  6. DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/59/d4e4ecfc-20fa-3938-bcfc-bc894f28c53d— “Le marché de Saint-Clément-de-Rivière vous accueille le Dimanche de 8h à 13h sur le Parking du Centre commercial Le Boulidou.”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34247/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34247/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34247/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34247
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Écrouves54576 km N4,47444.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours77517 km N5,40152.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Trilport77591 km N5,14655.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Nieul-sur-Mer17484 km NW5,81147.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Flers-en-Escrebieux59749 km N5,42458.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Haillicourt62761 km N5,06440.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nieul-sur-Mer17484 km NW5,81147.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours77517 km N5,40152.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Écrouves54576 km N4,47444.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Trilport77591 km N5,14655.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Flers-en-Escrebieux59749 km N5,42458.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Haillicourt62761 km N5,06440.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Clément-de-Rivière'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Teyran346.3 km E4,78750Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Destrousse13146 km E4,13360.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Clapiers344.4 km SE6,00653.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Prades-le-Lez342.2 km NE6,18454.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Bouilladisse13144 km E6,54753.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Roquevaire13147 km E8,91566.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %