Valflaunès

Hérault · CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup · INSEE 34322

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

Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valflaunès (INSEE 34322) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 795 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 15,693 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.82	10	8.16
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 (LA BELLE VIGNE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	LA BELLE VIGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE EDMOND TEISSIER	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 MUNICIPALE DE VALFLAUNÈS	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 251 2023: 795 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 707 (2012) → 795 (2023): 12.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 604 (1990) → 795 (2023): 31.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 390, of which 7.9 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km SFood shop — 3.4 km SGP — 3.6 km SPharmacy — 3.7 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 (Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Valflaunès): 0.2 km to the west (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 4.8

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, 2.7 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 9.1 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 92 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, 2.7 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 — 34322/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34322/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34322/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34322/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34322
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-Martial-de-Valette	24	319 km NW	803	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	260 km N	784	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Venesmes	18	359 km N	782	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Lanvaudan	56	716 km NW	808	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 81 %
Bouëx	16	346 km NW	825	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Chevrières	38	191 km NE	742	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chevrières	38	191 km NE	742	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	260 km N	784	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martial-de-Valette	24	319 km NW	803	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bouëx	16	346 km NW	825	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Venesmes	18	359 km N	782	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Lanvaudan	56	716 km NW	808	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 81 %

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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 Valflaunès'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
Meyrannes	30	58 km NE	792	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Galargues	34	12 km E	752	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Carnas	30	9.8 km E	537	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lauret	34	3.9 km N	626	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Serres	30	27 km NE	542	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Aspères	30	13 km E	563	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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