Saint-Jean-de-Buèges

Identity

Saint-Jean-de-Buèges (INSEE 34264) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 208 (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/34264-saint-jean-de-bueges

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 99 % of the 16,179 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.

Services

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PUECH SERANNE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MAISON CANAGUETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DU CHATEAU). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JEAN DE BUEGES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BUÈGES). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 205 (2012) → 208 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 124 (1990) → 208 (2023): 67.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 49.5 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Brissac): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Buèges): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brissac): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-de-Londres): 10.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Buèges): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 53 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST MARTIN DE LONDRES weather station, 10.5 km away at 214 m; the village itself is at 162 m. ^[11]

The village sits 52 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at GIGNAC, 19 km away at 58 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 104 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 1,412 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 16 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST MAURICE-NAVACELLE, 7.8 km away at 584 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34264/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34264/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34264/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34264/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34042
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34264
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 34274
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024