Tourbes

Hérault · CA Hérault-Méditerranée · INSEE 34311

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

Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tourbes (INSEE 34311) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Hérault-Méditerranée. Population 1,936 (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/34311-tourbes

Vitality score

Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 9,814 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	11.83
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.69	10	6.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O DOUCEUR DE TOURBES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (VICTUAILLES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (PAT'A'TRUCK · AUFEU · ROTISSERIE LA BRIGANTINE). ^[3,4]

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

10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE BONIJOL, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LAURES, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER MARTIN, MÉDECIN · ELISE DELESPIERRE, MÉDECIN · MARION SIMMET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LA TOURBAINE). ^[3,4]

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

5 × Hairdresser (TONY COIFFURE A DOMICILE · ALYNA · LE VINSIX COIFFEUR BARBIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DOMAINE DE MONTROSE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Collège.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	O DOUCEUR DE TOURBES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	VICTUAILLES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	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	PAT'A'TRUCK · AUFEU · ROTISSERIE LA BRIGANTINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRETTE MAZEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	10	PIERRE BONIJOL, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LAURES, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER MARTIN, MÉDECIN · ELISE DELESPIERRE, MÉDECIN · MARION SIMMET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 10 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LA TOURBAINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	TOURBES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	5	TONY COIFFURE A DOMICILE · ALYNA · LE VINSIX COIFFEUR BARBIER	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DOMAINE DE MONTROSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 767 2023: 1,936 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,529 (2012) → 1,936 (2023): 26.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,022 (1990) → 1,936 (2023): 89.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,073, of which 14 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, GP Primary school — 0.5 km EFood shop — 0.6 km EPharmacy — 0.8 km SE 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 (Tourbes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tourbes): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tourbes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tourbes): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tourbes): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.1

Muggy days a summer 10.1▸

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 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PEZENAS-TOURBES weather station, 2 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 2 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 573 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 2 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34311/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34311/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34311/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34311/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34311
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
Authon-du-Perche	28	562 km N	1,480	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 81 % · humidity 36 %
Reiningue	68	564 km NE	1,894	49	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 39 % · humidity 36 %
Cucuron	84	170 km E	1,885	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Muttersholtz	67	625 km NE	2,290	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Seebach	67	709 km NE	1,616	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Sauzet	26	173 km NE	1,882	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cucuron	84	170 km E	1,885	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Sauzet	26	173 km NE	1,882	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Authon-du-Perche	28	562 km N	1,480	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 81 % · humidity 36 %
Reiningue	68	564 km NE	1,894	49	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 39 % · humidity 36 %
Muttersholtz	67	625 km NE	2,290	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Seebach	67	709 km NE	1,616	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Tourbes'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
Laurens	34	17 km NW	1,815	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Mérindol	84	151 km E	2,283	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Dourgne	81	100 km W	1,313	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lézignan-la-Cèbe	34	7.0 km NE	1,580	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Viviers-lès-Montagnes	81	98 km W	2,008	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Alzonne	11	99 km W	1,586	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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