Saussan

Hérault · Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole · INSEE 34295

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

Partly served 44/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saussan (INSEE 34295) is in Hérault (34), part of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Population 2,069 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34295-saussan

Vitality score

Vitality score 44/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 9,378 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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]

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

3 × Restaurant (LA PRATOLINA · CHEZ CYRIL). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JOSEPH DELTEIL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JORDANE EMIEL, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE FRANCHINI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAUSSAN AP). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (EMMANUEL B.COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE JESS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	L'INSTANT COPINES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LA PRATOLINA · CHEZ CYRIL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JOSEPH DELTEIL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JORDANE EMIEL, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE FRANCHINI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	SAUSSAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAUSSAN	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	3	EMMANUEL B.COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE JESS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 425 2023: 2,069 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,463 (2012) → 2,069 (2023): 41.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,166 (1990) → 2,069 (2023): 77.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 844, of which 0.6 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.2 km NWPharmacy — 1.6 km N 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 (Pignan): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saussan): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saussan): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pignan): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saussan): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.5

Days at or below 0 °C 17.1▸

Muggy days a summer 17.5▸

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLENEUVE-LES-MAG-INRAE weather station, 7.4 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VILLENEUVE-LES-MAG-INRAE, 7.4 km away at 20 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 572 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE-LES-MAG-INRAE, 7.4 km away at 20 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 — 34295/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34295/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34295/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34295/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34295
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
Bourgneuf	17	476 km NW	1,463	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 21 %
Orsan	30	95 km NE	1,190	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Paul-de-Varces	38	224 km NE	2,218	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 23 % · humidity 0 %
Villelongue-dels-Monts	66	136 km SW	1,976	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Corneilla-la-Rivière	66	129 km SW	2,004	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle	34	10 km NW	1,394	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle	34	10 km NW	1,394	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 14 %
Orsan	30	95 km NE	1,190	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Corneilla-la-Rivière	66	129 km SW	2,004	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Villelongue-dels-Monts	66	136 km SW	1,976	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Paul-de-Varces	38	224 km NE	2,218	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 23 % · humidity 0 %
Bourgneuf	17	476 km NW	1,463	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Saussan'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
Montbazin	34	8.9 km SW	2,877	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mireval	34	7.3 km S	3,301	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lavérune	34	2.8 km NE	3,302	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vic-la-Gardiole	34	9.1 km S	3,428	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Roquelongue	11	91 km SW	1,488	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bram	11	139 km W	3,233	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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