Vendémian

Hérault · CC Vallée de l'Hérault · INSEE 34328

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

Partly served 47.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vendémian (INSEE 34328) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Vallée de l'Hérault. Population 1,149 (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/34328-vendemian

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 13,503 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE SAINT PAUL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BAVETTE ET ROSSINI). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PANIER DE GERALDINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TRIBU GOURMANDERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA SOURCE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CRISTINA MARGAN RACA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (VILLA MARJORIE · L'INSTANT COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU FOURNIL DE SAINT PAUL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BAVETTE ET ROSSINI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU PANIER DE GERALDINE	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	1	LA TRIBU GOURMANDERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA SOURCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	CRISTINA MARGAN RACA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	3	VILLA MARJORIE · L'INSTANT COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 533 2023: 1,149 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,076 (2012) → 1,149 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 589 (1990) → 1,149 (2023): 95.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 570, of which 2.8 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.2 km W 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 (Vendémian): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vendémian): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vendémian): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Pouget): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vendémian): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.3

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 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE POUGET weather station, 3.2 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GIGNAC, 9.1 km away at 58 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 52 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 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE POUGET, 3.2 km away at 70 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 — 34328/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34328/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34328/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34328/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34328
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34210
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
Boiscommun	45	504 km N	1,151	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 58 %
Bessay-sur-Allier	03	318 km N	1,382	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Vallabrègues	30	91 km E	1,375	54	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Jonzieux	42	203 km N	1,227	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 4 % · humidity 50 %
Amfreville	14	694 km NW	1,394	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Attigny	08	660 km N	1,094	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vallabrègues	30	91 km E	1,375	54	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Jonzieux	42	203 km N	1,227	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 4 % · humidity 50 %
Bessay-sur-Allier	03	318 km N	1,382	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Boiscommun	45	504 km N	1,151	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 58 %
Attigny	08	660 km N	1,094	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Amfreville	14	694 km NW	1,394	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · 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 Vendémian'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
Lédenon	30	85 km NE	1,685	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas	30	112 km NE	1,531	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montpeyroux	34	14 km N	1,449	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Aspiran	34	9.2 km W	1,672	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saze	30	98 km NE	2,096	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson	30	112 km NE	1,887	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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