Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras

Hérault · CC Lodévois et Larzac · INSEE 34253

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras (INSEE 34253) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Lodévois et Larzac. Population 33 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 7.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 2,434 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.44	10	4.43
Housing mix	0.35	5	1.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

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

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 45 2023: 33 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 35 (2012) → 33 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 35 (1990) → 33 (2023): -5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 40, of which 32.5 % second homes and 30 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.7 km WBakery — 3.4 km NEFood shop — 8.4 km SEGP — 8.4 km SEPharmacy — 11.3 km S 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 (Le Caylar): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soubès): 8.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soubès): 8.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lodève): 11.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Rives): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.5

Days at or below 0 °C 76

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE CAYLAR G. weather station, 3.4 km away at 730 m; the village itself is at 680 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LES PLANS, 7 km away at 846 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 166 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,131 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE CAYLAR G., 3.4 km away at 730 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34253/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34253/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34253/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34253/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34142
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34230
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Cahuzac	11	137 km SW	33	8.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 %
La Favière	39	389 km NE	33	8.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Chazelles	15	141 km N	34	4.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Monpardiac	32	249 km W	35	6.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %
Brousse	23	247 km N	32	8.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Bramevaque	65	240 km W	31	11.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cahuzac	11	137 km SW	33	8.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 %
Chazelles	15	141 km N	34	4.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Bramevaque	65	240 km W	31	11.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 62 %
Brousse	23	247 km N	32	8.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Monpardiac	32	249 km W	35	6.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %
La Favière	39	389 km NE	33	8.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Félix-de-l'Héras'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
Recologne	70	459 km NE	30	8.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cuiry-lès-Iviers	02	662 km N	28	4.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Charny	21	399 km N	33	7.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Doncourt-sur-Meuse	52	511 km N	40	6.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Meulson	21	442 km N	28	3.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Confolent-Port-Dieu	19	200 km N	42	9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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