Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit

Hérault · CC Les Avant-Monts · INSEE 34258

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

Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit (INSEE 34258) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 1,722 (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 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 10,609 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPI...COA). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ JENNY). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (COMPTOIR CANAILLE · CASSE PAS LA TETE · LA PINCE A COCKTAILS). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GENIÈS-DE-FONTEDIT LA FONTAINE AUX LIVRES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LA PETRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPI...COA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	CHEZ JENNY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	COMPTOIR CANAILLE · CASSE PAS LA TETE · LA PINCE A COCKTAILS	INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GENIÈS-DE-FONTEDIT LA FONTAINE AUX LIVRES	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 4 [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: 1,029 2023: 1,722 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,447 (2012) → 1,722 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,029 (1990) → 1,722 (2023): 67.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 974, of which 14.4 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop GP — 1.9 km EPharmacy — 2.3 km EPrimary school — 3.0 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-Geniès-de-Fontedit): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Geniès-de-Fontedit): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Magalas): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Magalas): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Magalas): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.4▸

Muggy days a summer 7.7

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 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MURVIEL LES BEZIERS weather station, 2.9 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 2.9 km away at 140 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 629 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 2.9 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34147
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
La Marne	44	550 km NW	1,586	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Nézignan-l'Évêque	34	19 km E	1,718	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Domalain	35	609 km NW	2,055	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Le Broc	06	323 km E	1,446	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Tavernes	83	229 km E	1,492	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Vairé	85	521 km NW	1,960	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nézignan-l'Évêque	34	19 km E	1,718	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Tavernes	83	229 km E	1,492	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Le Broc	06	323 km E	1,446	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Vairé	85	521 km NW	1,960	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
La Marne	44	550 km NW	1,586	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Domalain	35	609 km NW	2,055	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · 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-Geniès-de-Fontedit'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
Nézignan-l'Évêque	34	19 km E	1,718	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Pinet	34	28 km E	2,049	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Maubec	84	163 km E	1,915	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lézignan-la-Cèbe	34	21 km E	1,580	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Valros	34	16 km E	1,685	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Creissan	34	17 km SW	1,436	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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