Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan

Hérault · CC du Minervois au Caroux · INSEE 34250

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan (INSEE 34250) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 302 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,879 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	0.69	10	6.94
Housing mix	0.34	5	1.72

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 1 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 (RESTAURANT LA GARE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIE ROUANET). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	RESTAURANT LA GARE	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 PRIMAIRE MARIE ROUANET	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	1	SAINT ETIENNE D ALBAGNAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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: 319 peak 2012: 323 2023: 302 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 323 (2012) → 302 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 253 (1990) → 302 (2023): 19.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 302, of which 32.8 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km WFood shop — 5.0 km NEGP — 5.2 km NEPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Prémian): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Olargues): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Olargues): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Olargues): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45▸

Days at or below 0 °C 11.4▸

Muggy days a summer 5.5

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERLOU weather station, 9.7 km away at 191 m; the village itself is at 218 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MURAT SUR VEBRE, 11.5 km away at 1,022 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 804 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,260 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 15.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at OLARGUES, 5.3 km away at 182 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 — 34250/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34250/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34250/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34250/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34219
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34187
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34250
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
Llauro	66	110 km S	311	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Bélesta	66	93 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Revest-des-Brousses	04	231 km E	267	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	40 km S	343	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Vandenesse	58	383 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 32 % · humidity 71 %
Malaussène	06	346 km E	326	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	40 km S	343	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Bélesta	66	93 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Llauro	66	110 km S	311	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Revest-des-Brousses	04	231 km E	267	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Malaussène	06	346 km E	326	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Vandenesse	58	383 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 32 % · 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-Étienne-d'Albagnan'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
Pila-Canale	2A	530 km E	271	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Prades-sur-Vernazobre	34	14 km SE	374	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
La Caunette	34	21 km S	326	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Pierrerue	34	15 km SE	289	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Prémian	34	2.4 km SW	479	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Causses-et-Veyran	34	19 km E	613	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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