Saint-Pargoire

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34281

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

Served 68.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pargoire (INSEE 34281) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 2,501 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34281-saint-pargoire

Vitality score

Vitality score 68.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 8,239 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.87	20	17.47
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE QUENTIN-VENTURINI). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PETIT BONHEUR). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (SAVEURS DU SUD DE CATHY · VARREL ODILE · A L'ABORDAGE · LA GUINGUETTE DU MAS DE PUJOL). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DE FRANCE · LE QG). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN JAURES). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL BROCHU, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS CAMMAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT PARGORIENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PARGOIRE LPAC AP). ^[3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (KRIZY · PATRICK COIFFURE · FEELING COIFFURE · UN, DEUX, TROIS, CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE QUENTIN-VENTURINI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU PETIT BONHEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	7	SAVEURS DU SUD DE CATHY · VARREL ODILE · A L'ABORDAGE · LA GUINGUETTE DU MAS DE PUJOL	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DE FRANCE · LE QG	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MICHEL BROCHU, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS CAMMAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAINT PARGORIENNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT PARGOIRE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	4	KRIZY · PATRICK COIFFURE · FEELING COIFFURE · UN, DEUX, TROIS, CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday matin Place Roger Salengro. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,482 2023: 2,501 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,147 (2012) → 2,501 (2023): 16.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,252 (1990) → 2,501 (2023): 99.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,241, of which 6.3 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Pargoire): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Pargoire): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pargoire): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pargoire): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Pargoire): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.3

Muggy days a summer 10.1▸

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 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE POUGET weather station, 5.9 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 79 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 13.9 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE POUGET, 5.9 km away at 70 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34281/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.ville-saintpargoire.com/marche/— “Marché le mardi matin”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34281/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34281/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34281/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34281
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
Mollégès	13	119 km E	2,647	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Villefranche-sur-Cher	41	440 km N	2,678	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Goncelin	38	281 km NE	2,400	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 76 %
Arelaune-en-Seine	76	695 km N	2,546	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	34 km NE	2,696	72.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Bagard	30	74 km NE	2,605	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	34 km NE	2,696	72.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Bagard	30	74 km NE	2,605	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Mollégès	13	119 km E	2,647	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Goncelin	38	281 km NE	2,400	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 76 %
Villefranche-sur-Cher	41	440 km N	2,678	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Arelaune-en-Seine	76	695 km N	2,546	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %

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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-Pargoire'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
Aubord	30	69 km E	2,253	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Trouillas	66	117 km SW	2,324	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Canet	34	8.5 km N	3,619	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Maureilhan	34	37 km SW	2,495	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Viviers	07	141 km NE	3,633	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Olonzac	34	69 km SW	1,693	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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