Vailhauquès

Hérault · CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup · INSEE 34320

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

Partly served 54.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vailhauquès (INSEE 34320) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 2,722 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34320-vailhauques

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 7,746 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	0.67	20	13.44
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 FOURNIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BOLDRINI PERE ET FILS). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (COTE TRAITEUR · PIZZA LOUNA · LE SMILE · LA PIAZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTOINE RATTENNI, MÉDECIN · ANABEL PELORCE, MÉDECIN · LISE MONTAGNIER, MÉDECIN · LIONEL BUCCI, MÉDECIN · MARION BRIFFE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GAL). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (BOUTEIX MARIE AUDE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BOLDRINI PERE ET FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	6	COTE TRAITEUR · PIZZA LOUNA · LE SMILE · LA PIAZZA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUISE WEISS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	ANTOINE RATTENNI, MÉDECIN · ANABEL PELORCE, MÉDECIN · LISE MONTAGNIER, MÉDECIN · LIONEL BUCCI, MÉDECIN · MARION BRIFFE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GAL	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	VAILHAUQUES 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	3	BOUTEIX MARIE AUDE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday matin. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 235 2023: 2,722 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,573 (2012) → 2,722 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,317 (1990) → 2,722 (2023): 106.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,143, of which 1.7 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Vailhauquès): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vailhauquès): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vailhauquès): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vailhauquès): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vailhauquès): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 55.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 39.7

Muggy days a summer 6.7

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 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTARNAUD weather station, 4.5 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 113 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GIGNAC, 12.6 km away at 58 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 55 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 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTARNAUD, 4.5 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34320/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-vailhauques.fr/le-village/vie-economique/marche/— “On vous attend nombreux tous les dimanches matin”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34320/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34320/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34320/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34320
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
Clef Vallée d'Eure	27	634 km N	2,490	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Nieuil-l'Espoir	86	405 km NW	2,631	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Ancerville	55	561 km N	2,569	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Romagné	35	647 km NW	2,438	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Feucherolles	78	594 km N	3,043	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Beaurepaire	85	521 km NW	2,385	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nieuil-l'Espoir	86	405 km NW	2,631	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Beaurepaire	85	521 km NW	2,385	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 100 %
Ancerville	55	561 km N	2,569	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Feucherolles	78	594 km N	3,043	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Clef Vallée d'Eure	27	634 km N	2,490	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Romagné	35	647 km NW	2,438	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Vailhauquès'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-Drézéry	34	22 km E	3,006	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Aubord	30	49 km E	2,253	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Claret	34	26 km NE	1,745	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès	13	82 km E	2,489	55.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Canet	34	20 km W	3,619	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pouget	34	18 km SW	2,122	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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