Valros

Hérault · CA de Béziers-Méditerranée · INSEE 34325

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

Few services 36.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valros (INSEE 34325) is in Hérault (34), part of CA de Béziers-Méditerranée. Population 1,685 (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/34325-valros

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 10,766 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE RELAI GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE MEKONG · ASPARAGUS). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VALROS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (EURL NICOLAS COIFFURE · SHAYCOIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	LE RELAI GOURMAND	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	LE MEKONG · ASPARAGUS	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 PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VALROS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VALROS	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	2	EURL NICOLAS COIFFURE · SHAYCOIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 788 2023: 1,685 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,477 (2012) → 1,685 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,021 (1990) → 1,685 (2023): 65 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 915, of which 6.7 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.6 km SPharmacy — 2.7 km SBakery — 2.8 km N 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): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valros): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montblanc): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montblanc): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Valros): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the PEZENAS-TOURBES weather station, 3.3 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 3.3 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 573 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 3.3 km away at 40 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 — 34325/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34325/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34325/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34325/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34311
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34325
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34166
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
Montbartier	82	177 km W	1,789	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Hippolyte	17	436 km NW	1,495	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Creissan	34	29 km W	1,436	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	321 km NE	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Vieux-Fort	971	6,794 km W	1,674	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Chiché	79	476 km NW	1,679	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Creissan	34	29 km W	1,436	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Montbartier	82	177 km W	1,789	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	321 km NE	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Hippolyte	17	436 km NW	1,495	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chiché	79	476 km NW	1,679	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Vieux-Fort	971	6,794 km W	1,674	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Valros'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
Creissan	34	29 km W	1,436	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	93 km W	1,025	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cruscades	11	51 km SW	936	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Pezens	11	91 km W	1,611	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Barbaira	11	74 km W	805	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Puimisson	34	13 km W	1,225	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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