Vendres
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 62.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vendres (INSEE 34329) is in Hérault (34), part of CC la Domitienne. Population 2,616 (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/34329-vendres
Vitality score
Vitality score 62.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 94 % of the 7,968 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 | 0.6 | 25 | 15.12 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.77 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.06 | 5 | 0.3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (G.A.B. BOULANGE · L'ATELIER DES DESSERTS · MAISON KROUPA · LES TROIS SOLEILS). [3,4]
6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (POINT SOLEIL SALE · VIVAL · MIRANDA VENDRES · GREEN GOLD). [3,4]
3 × Fishmonger (JOEL VALERIE III · OCCITANIE COQUILLAGES). [3,4]
20 × Restaurant (BEFORE GRILL - BEFORE PUB · L'ARENA · MARYSE ET REGIS · LA GUINGUETTE DU CHICHOULET · VOIRIN). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCIE AUBRAC). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOISE GIROUD). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PAUL LAVAL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'ETANG). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LOUISE MICHEL). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
7 × Hairdresser (PALETTA ELIANE · FEELING · ELODIE COIFFURE · MOVE'HAIR · NADOU COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
11 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA PLAGE BORD DE MER · CAMPING MONPLAISIR · CAMPING LE MEDITERRANEE · CAPFUN CAMPING LOU VILLAGE · PRL LODGES MEDITERRANEE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | G.A.B. BOULANGE · L'ATELIER DES DESSERTS · MAISON KROUPA · LES TROIS SOLEILS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 6 | POINT SOLEIL SALE · VIVAL · MIRANDA VENDRES · GREEN GOLD | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 3 | JOEL VALERIE III · OCCITANIE COQUILLAGES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 20 | BEFORE GRILL - BEFORE PUB · L'ARENA · MARYSE ET REGIS · LA GUINGUETTE DU CHICHOULET · VOIRIN | INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 36 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCIE AUBRAC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE FRANCOISE GIROUD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | JEAN-PAUL LAVAL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE L'ETANG | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 LOUISE MICHEL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | HALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 7 | PALETTA ELIANE · FEELING · ELODIE COIFFURE · MOVE'HAIR · NADOU COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 11 | CAMPING DE LA PLAGE BORD DE MER · CAMPING MONPLAISIR · CAMPING LE MEDITERRANEE · CAPFUN CAMPING LOU VILLAGE · PRL LODGES MEDITERRANEE | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,542 (2012) → 2,616 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,230 (1990) → 2,616 (2023): 112.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,443, of which 47 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vendres): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vendres): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Sauvian): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Sauvian): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Vendres): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LESPIGNAN weather station, 4.8 km away at 23 m; the village itself is at 5 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BEZIERS-VIAS, 12 km away at 15 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 580 mm of rain a year, spread over 57 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LESPIGNAN, 4.8 km away at 23 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 — 34329/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34329/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34329/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34329/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34329
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34298
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agon-Coutainville | 50 | 741 km NW | 3,020 | 52.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 14 % |
| Criel-sur-Mer | 76 | 764 km N | 2,527 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 % |
| Santec | 29 | 823 km NW | 2,454 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 % |
| Le Palais | 56 | 674 km NW | 2,599 | 73.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 % |
| L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie | 85 | 548 km NW | 2,277 | 55.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 92 % |
| Lampaul-Plouarzel | 29 | 844 km NW | 2,221 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie | 85 | 548 km NW | 2,277 | 55.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 92 % |
| Le Palais | 56 | 674 km NW | 2,599 | 73.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 % |
| Agon-Coutainville | 50 | 741 km NW | 3,020 | 52.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 14 % |
| Criel-sur-Mer | 76 | 764 km N | 2,527 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 % |
| Santec | 29 | 823 km NW | 2,454 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 % |
| Lampaul-Plouarzel | 29 | 844 km NW | 2,221 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 % |
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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 Vendres'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trouillas | 66 | 81 km SW | 2,324 | 54 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lespignan | 34 | 4.0 km W | 3,414 | 42.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Estagel | 66 | 70 km SW | 2,160 | 56.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune | 34 | 8.0 km W | 4,124 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colombiers | 34 | 8.3 km NW | 2,814 | 63 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pépieux | 11 | 44 km W | 1,118 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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