Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 60.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare (INSEE 34260) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Grand Orb Communauté de Communes en Languedoc. Population 859 (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 60.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 15,230 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.91 | 20 | 18.15 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.57 |
| Housing mix | 0.21 | 5 | 1.05 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ ALEXANDRE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (ORTENSIA · LE NEWS). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE DES ECRIVAINS COMBATTANTS, UNITE PEDAGOGIQ). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RENAUD MAUREL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES 13 VENTS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DE SPORT). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE CLOCHER DE NEYRAN). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | CHEZ ALEXANDRE | 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 | 3 | ORTENSIA · LE NEWS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE DES ECRIVAINS COMBATTANTS, UNITE PEDAGOGIQ | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | RENAUD MAUREL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DES 13 VENTS | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | HALLE DE SPORT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | CAMPING LE CLOCHER DE NEYRAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 874 (2012) → 859 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 813 (1990) → 859 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 757, of which 39.5 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Graissessac): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CASTANET LE HAUT_SAPC weather station, 5.4 km away at 424 m; the village itself is at 327 m. [10]
The village sits 97 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BEDARIEUX, 8.6 km away at 373 m, over 29 summers. [10]
An average of 1,250 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 14.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST GERVAIS, 0.5 km away at 320 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 — 34260/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34260/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34260/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34260/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34260
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34117
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc | 07 | 158 km NE | 845 | 62.3 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Terre-de-Bas | 971 | 6,773 km W | 873 | 58.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
| Ménerbes | 84 | 175 km E | 962 | 58.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Rome-de-Tarn | 12 | 45 km N | 904 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ouessant | 29 | 824 km NW | 860 | 64 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Salles-Curan | 12 | 62 km N | 1,043 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Rome-de-Tarn | 12 | 45 km N | 904 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Salles-Curan | 12 | 62 km N | 1,043 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc | 07 | 158 km NE | 845 | 62.3 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ménerbes | 84 | 175 km E | 962 | 58.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ouessant | 29 | 824 km NW | 860 | 64 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Terre-de-Bas | 971 | 6,773 km W | 873 | 58.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
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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-Gervais-sur-Mare'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puisseguin | 33 | 285 km NW | 834 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Venaco | 2B | 523 km E | 644 | 60.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Levie | 2A | 542 km E | 674 | 70.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Génolhac | 30 | 106 km NE | 815 | 64.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes | 66 | 108 km SW | 586 | 55.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rivière-sur-Tarn | 12 | 60 km N | 1,069 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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