Saussines

Hérault · CA Lunel Agglo · INSEE 34296

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

Few services 39.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saussines (INSEE 34296) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Lunel Agglo. Population 1,001 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34296-saussines

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 14,316 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN D'UGOLIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (MAISON DES PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIANNE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA FORGE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	1	LE PAIN D'UGOLIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	1	MAISON DES PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIANNE	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	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA FORGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 306 peak 2017: 1,033 2023: 1,001 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 943 (2012) → 1,001 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 515 (1990) → 1,001 (2023): 94.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 506, of which 7.3 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km WGP — 2.1 km EPharmacy — 2.1 km E 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 (Saussines): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saussines): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Boisseron): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Boisseron): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saussines): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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 5.4

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. ^[10]

Measured at the VERARGUES weather station, 5.8 km away at 56 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 16 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 744 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VERARGUES, 5.8 km away at 56 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 — 34296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34033
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
Roisey	42	187 km N	1,014	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Vimory	45	477 km N	1,099	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Fournès	30	47 km NE	1,047	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Aubrives	08	707 km N	951	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 73 %
Dry	45	484 km N	1,408	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Avre	73	251 km NE	925	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fournès	30	47 km NE	1,047	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Roisey	42	187 km N	1,014	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Avre	73	251 km NE	925	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Vimory	45	477 km N	1,099	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Dry	45	484 km N	1,408	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 65 %
Aubrives	08	707 km N	951	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 73 %

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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 Saussines'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
Junas	30	5.3 km E	1,343	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Brignac	34	49 km W	978	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Môle	83	204 km E	1,535	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez	34	49 km W	1,135	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Aujargues	30	6.0 km NE	815	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ribaute-les-Tavernes	30	31 km N	2,040	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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