Saint-Félix-de-Lodez

Hérault · CC du Clermontais · INSEE 34254

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

Partly served 47.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Félix-de-Lodez (INSEE 34254) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Clermontais. Population 1,135 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 47.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 13,582 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.67	20	13.44
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TOUREILLE SARL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOC FAVREAU CLAUDE). ^[3]

6 × Restaurant (AFRICAA · O MILLE VINS · MAGNAT ALEC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

3 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	TOUREILLE SARL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SOC FAVREAU CLAUDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	6	AFRICAA · O MILLE VINS · MAGNAT ALEC	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	LA POSTE	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	3		INSEE BPE 3 / 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: 520 peak 2017: 1,169 2023: 1,135 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,156 (2012) → 1,135 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 600 (1990) → 1,135 (2023): 89.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 597, of which 3.4 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.6 km SPharmacy — 3.7 km SW 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-Félix-de-Lodez): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Félix-de-Lodez): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ceyras): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Clermont-l'Hérault): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Félix-de-Lodez): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 63.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.3

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS weather station, 4 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS, 4 km away at 86 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 631 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS, 4 km away at 86 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 — 34254/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34254/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34254/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34254/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34254
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34079
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
Domart-en-Ponthieu	80	720 km N	1,081	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Marlieux	01	296 km NE	1,185	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 54 %
Longecourt-en-Plaine	21	415 km N	1,177	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Les Rairies	49	527 km NW	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Fontenay-le-Pesnel	14	686 km NW	1,258	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Sivry-Courtry	77	544 km N	1,124	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marlieux	01	296 km NE	1,185	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 54 %
Longecourt-en-Plaine	21	415 km N	1,177	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Les Rairies	49	527 km NW	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Sivry-Courtry	77	544 km N	1,124	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Fontenay-le-Pesnel	14	686 km NW	1,258	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Domart-en-Ponthieu	80	720 km N	1,081	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Lodez'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
Saussines	34	49 km E	1,001	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Brignac	34	4.6 km S	978	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan	30	97 km E	1,106	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Fos	34	8.7 km NE	1,745	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles	13	105 km E	564	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montpeyroux	34	5.2 km NE	1,449	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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