Saint-Guiraud

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34262

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

Few services 25.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Guiraud (INSEE 34262) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 267 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34262-saint-guiraud

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,524 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PAPE MATTEO DEVELOPPEMENT). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 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	1	PAPE MATTEO DEVELOPPEMENT	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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE 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: 126 2023: 267 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 210 (2012) → 267 (2023): 27.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 171 (1990) → 267 (2023): 56.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 14.3 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.4 km SBakery — 1.6 km SFood shop — 1.7 km SGP — 3.1 km SPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Saint-Félix-de-Lodez): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Félix-de-Lodez): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ceyras): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Clermont-l'Hérault): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Félix-de-Lodez): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 57.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.8

Muggy days a summer 6

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 58 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS weather station, 4.5 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 156 m. ^[11]

The village sits 70 m above 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST ANDRE DE SANGONIS, 4.5 km away at 86 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 70 m below 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 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, 4.5 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 — 34262/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34262/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34262/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34262/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
Auxelles-Haut	90	520 km NE	287	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 57 %
Touët-de-l'Escarène	06	315 km E	300	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Le Bignon-Mirabeau	45	499 km N	303	28.2	Few services	no figures
Lestiou	41	474 km N	291	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Bègues	03	273 km N	232	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Millemont	78	586 km N	272	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bègues	03	273 km N	232	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Touët-de-l'Escarène	06	315 km E	300	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Lestiou	41	474 km N	291	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Le Bignon-Mirabeau	45	499 km N	303	28.2	Few services	no figures
Auxelles-Haut	90	520 km NE	287	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 57 %
Millemont	78	586 km N	272	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · 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-Guiraud'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
Oupia	34	70 km SW	274	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Denis	30	89 km NE	296	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Beaufort	34	70 km SW	214	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Lacoste	34	3.6 km SW	303	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues	13	98 km E	229	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hippolyte-de-Caton	30	74 km NE	284	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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