Vailhan

Hérault · CC Les Avant-Monts · INSEE 34319

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vailhan (INSEE 34319) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Les Avant-Monts. Population 142 (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/34319-vailhan

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 13,687 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.58	10	5.76
Housing mix	0.4	5	2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (HAI KAI · CHRIS ROTISSERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MAIRIE-BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 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	2	HAI KAI · CHRIS ROTISSERIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	MAIRIE-BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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 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: 116 peak 2012: 173 2023: 142 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 173 (2012) → 142 (2023): -17.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 132 (1990) → 142 (2023): 7.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 30 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 3.1 km SEPrimary school — 3.2 km SEFood shop — 5.0 km SWPharmacy — 5.1 km SWGP — 5.9 km S 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 (Neffiès): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gabian): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Roujan): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gabian): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Neffiès): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.6

Days at or below 0 °C 33

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROUJAN-INRAE weather station, 6.9 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[11]

The village sits 107 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ROUJAN-INRAE, 6.9 km away at 73 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 107 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VAILHAN, 0.7 km away at 122 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 — 34319/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34319/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34319/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34319/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34237
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
Le Percy	38	233 km NE	167	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 15 % · humidity 64 %
Cussac	15	162 km N	117	14.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Rasiguères	66	104 km SW	165	16.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Parfondeval	02	691 km N	143	13.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 46 %
Sausses	04	284 km E	131	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 %
Marchamp	01	305 km NE	137	13.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rasiguères	66	104 km SW	165	16.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Cussac	15	162 km N	117	14.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Le Percy	38	233 km NE	167	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 15 % · humidity 64 %
Sausses	04	284 km E	131	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 %
Marchamp	01	305 km NE	137	13.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Parfondeval	02	691 km N	143	13.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 46 %

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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 Vailhan'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
Montbolo	66	130 km SW	189	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Poujols	34	24 km N	190	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fourmagnac	46	163 km NW	178	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vabres	30	71 km NE	139	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Cadrieu	46	154 km NW	174	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bazac	16	319 km NW	150	8.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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