Sauteyrargues

Hérault · CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup · INSEE 34297

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

Few services 37/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sauteyrargues (INSEE 34297) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 441 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/34297-sauteyrargues

Vitality score

Vitality score 37/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,914 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE K&S). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIMON ABANADES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	1	LE K&S	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SIMON ABANADES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 DE SAUTEYRARGUES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 87 2023: 441 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 380 (2012) → 441 (2023): 16.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 187 (1990) → 441 (2023): 135.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 8.9 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.7 km NFood shop — 2.8 km NWBakery — 3.2 km NW 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 (Claret): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Claret): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sauteyrargues): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Claret): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sauteyrargues): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 49.9

Muggy days a summer 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 59 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VALFLAUNES-PLAINE weather station, 8.2 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 123 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 13.9 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 54 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 1,004 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 14.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALFLAUNES-PLAINE, 8.2 km away at 126 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 — 34297/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34297/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34297/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34297/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34078
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34297
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
Saint-Cézert	31	219 km W	447	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 77 %
Mombrier	33	381 km NW	477	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Gressey	78	583 km N	533	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Ordizan	65	316 km W	513	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Forêt-le-Roi	91	536 km N	492	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Corgengoux	21	360 km N	389	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cézert	31	219 km W	447	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 77 %
Ordizan	65	316 km W	513	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Corgengoux	21	360 km N	389	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Mombrier	33	381 km NW	477	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
La Forêt-le-Roi	91	536 km N	492	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Gressey	78	583 km N	533	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · 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 Sauteyrargues'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
Lecques	30	12 km E	473	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément	30	8.5 km E	364	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Combas	30	16 km E	780	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cassagnoles	30	27 km NE	457	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cannes-et-Clairan	30	15 km NE	617	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montmirat	30	16 km NE	469	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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