Saint-Sériès

Hérault · CA Lunel Agglo · INSEE 34288

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

Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sériès (INSEE 34288) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Lunel Agglo. Population 972 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/34288-saint-series

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 14,488 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE PERRET). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PIERRE PERRET). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE PERRET	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PIERRE PERRET	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	1	AE COIFFURE	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	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: 230 peak 2017: 983 2023: 972 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 846 (2012) → 972 (2023): 14.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 448 (1990) → 972 (2023): 117 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 453, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.9 km SEFood shop — 1.2 km SEBakery — 1.3 km WPharmacy — 1.9 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 (Entre-Vignes): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saturargues): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saturargues): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Entre-Vignes): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Sériès): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 67.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 35.4

Muggy days a summer 14.4▸

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 68 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VERARGUES weather station, 1.4 km away at 56 m; the village itself is at 36 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARSILLARGUES, 12 km away at 4 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 744 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VERARGUES, 1.4 km away at 56 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 — 34288/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34288/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34288/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34288/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34294
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34288
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
Gray-la-Ville	70	428 km N	928	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %
Auteuil	78	595 km N	1,020	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 14 %
Villiers-le-Mahieu	78	598 km N	888	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Fresnoy-en-Thelle	60	624 km N	871	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 %
Gajan	30	20 km NE	789	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Mortefontaine-en-Thelle	60	632 km N	958	34.2	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gajan	30	20 km NE	789	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Gray-la-Ville	70	428 km N	928	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %
Auteuil	78	595 km N	1,020	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 14 %
Villiers-le-Mahieu	78	598 km N	888	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Fresnoy-en-Thelle	60	624 km N	871	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 %
Mortefontaine-en-Thelle	60	632 km N	958	34.2	Few services	no figures

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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-Sériès'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
Saturargues	34	1.3 km SE	1,022	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villetelle	34	2.8 km E	1,768	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Entre-Vignes	34	2.1 km W	2,200	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Boisseron	34	3.7 km NW	2,185	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Valergues	34	8.0 km SW	2,238	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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