Saint-Pons-de-Thomières

Hérault · CC du Minervois au Caroux · INSEE 34284

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

Served 60.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pons-de-Thomières (INSEE 34284) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 1,706 (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 60.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 10,683 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	0.47	25	11.74
Social	0.95	20	19.07
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.7	10	7.04
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.16	10	1.65
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (EURL LAURENT JULIE · LA BAGUETTE MAGIQUE · DELICE DE ST PONS). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (SOC DE DISTRIBUTION CAULLET SA · INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LA CAZA · CHEZ MICHOU · LA DOLCE VITA). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DE FRANCE · BAR DU PALAIS · CAFE DE FRANCE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE FRESCATIS). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRESCATIS · ECOLE ELEMENAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU JAUR). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLINE CHAN-SUN, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE BACCOU, MÉDECIN · FRANCESCO BADINI CONFALONIERI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE PIERRE GRANIER). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CINE STAR). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE PONDERACH). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE ST PONS DE THOMIERES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (EVOLU'TIF · PATRICIA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE SOMAIL). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (DOMAINE LES THERONDELS · LA BORIO DE ROQUE · LES CERISIERS DU JAUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	EURL LAURENT JULIE · LA BAGUETTE MAGIQUE · DELICE DE ST PONS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE VERTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	SOC DE DISTRIBUTION CAULLET SA · INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	LA CAZA · CHEZ MICHOU · LA DOLCE VITA	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE CAFE DE FRANCE · BAR DU PALAIS · CAFE DE FRANCE	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE FRESCATIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRESCATIS · ECOLE ELEMENAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU JAUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CAROLINE CHAN-SUN, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE BACCOU, MÉDECIN · FRANCESCO BADINI CONFALONIERI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / 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	MÉDIATHÈQUE PIERRE GRANIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CINE STAR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE PONDERACH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE ST PONS DE THOMIERES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	EVOLU'TIF · PATRICIA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LE SOMAIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	3	DOMAINE LES THERONDELS · LA BORIO DE ROQUE · LES CERISIERS DU JAUR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,267 2023: 1,706 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,056 (2012) → 1,706 (2023): -17 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,566 (1990) → 1,706 (2023): -33.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,426, of which 16.5 % second homes and 27.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 9.7 km W 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-Pons-de-Thomières): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Saint-Pons-de-Thomières): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Labastide-Rouairoux): 9.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Pons-de-Thomières): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.5

Days at or below 0 °C 25.1

Muggy days a summer 5.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COURNIOU weather station, 5.2 km away at 501 m; the village itself is at 315 m. ^[10]

The village sits 186 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 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 13.9 km away at 258 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 57 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,127 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST PONS, 0.4 km away at 384 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 — 34284/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34284/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34284/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34284/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34284
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81115
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
Châlus	87	279 km NW	1,683	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints	80	728 km N	1,500	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Vézénobres	30	127 km NE	1,865	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	392 km N	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %
Eymoutiers	87	263 km N	2,042	52.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Nantiat	87	307 km NW	1,580	44	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vézénobres	30	127 km NE	1,865	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Eymoutiers	87	263 km N	2,042	52.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Châlus	87	279 km NW	1,683	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Nantiat	87	307 km NW	1,580	44	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	392 km N	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints	80	728 km N	1,500	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Pons-de-Thomières'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
La Mothe-Saint-Héray	79	391 km NW	1,652	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Tocane-Saint-Apre	24	266 km NW	1,742	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux	86	362 km NW	2,263	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Moulins-Engilbert	58	398 km N	1,352	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vergt	24	236 km NW	1,773	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne	33	264 km NW	1,885	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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