Vacquières

Hérault · CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup · INSEE 34318

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vacquières (INSEE 34318) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 772 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 15,871 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.28	5	1.4

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

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

4 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT PARC LE DUC · O MAS TROQUET · TOUNSIA · JMF). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VACQUIÈRES). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (PARC LE DUC). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	4	RESTAURANT PARC LE DUC · O MAS TROQUET · TOUNSIA · JMF	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VACQUIÈRES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	PARC LE DUC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 181 2023: 772 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 455 (2012) → 772 (2023): 69.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 231 (1990) → 772 (2023): 234.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 528, of which 36 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.1 km WPharmacy — 3.4 km NWFood shop — 3.6 km NWBakery — 4.2 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): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Claret): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sauteyrargues): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Claret): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vacquières): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

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 5.4

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 59 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VALFLAUNES-PLAINE weather station, 10.2 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 15.4 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,004 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 14.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALFLAUNES-PLAINE, 10.2 km away at 126 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 — 34318/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34318/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34318/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34318/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34078
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34297
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34318
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-Brès	30	52 km NE	702	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Le Hézo	56	662 km NW	930	32	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard	30	49 km E	798	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Villargondran	73	249 km NE	790	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Thenay	36	367 km NW	893	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie	30	34 km NE	776	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie	30	34 km NE	776	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard	30	49 km E	798	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Brès	30	52 km NE	702	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villargondran	73	249 km NE	790	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Thenay	36	367 km NW	893	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Le Hézo	56	662 km NW	930	32	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Vacquières'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
Saint-Brès	30	52 km NE	702	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Souvignargues	30	15 km E	957	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Cornies	34	12 km S	858	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aujargues	30	16 km SE	815	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille	30	29 km N	513	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle	30	46 km N	589	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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