Vieussan

Hérault · CC du Minervois au Caroux · INSEE 34334

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

No daily shops 16.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vieussan (INSEE 34334) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Minervois au Caroux. Population 267 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/34334-vieussan

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 17,524 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.43
Housing mix	0.08	5	0.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL L'AMI VENDANGEUR). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	SARL L'AMI VENDANGEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 234 2023: 267 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 264 (2012) → 267 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 256 (1990) → 267 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 329, of which 46.2 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.5 km NWBakery — 3.9 km NWGP — 4.9 km NEPrimary school — 5.4 km NEPharmacy — 5.6 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 (Mons): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mons): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Colombières-sur-Orb): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Olargues): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Colombières-sur-Orb): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 47.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 9.6▸

Muggy days a summer 7.7

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 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 10 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERLOU weather station, 5.5 km away at 191 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MURVIEL LES BEZIERS, 15.2 km away at 140 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERLOU, 5.5 km away at 191 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 — 34334/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34334/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34334/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34334/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34160
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34080
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34187
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-Julien	34	5.4 km NW	228	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Thoras	43	155 km N	243	13	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Brisson	58	424 km N	252	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 %
Chanéac	07	188 km NE	254	14.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 %
Chambon	30	119 km NE	260	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Corsavy	66	124 km S	246	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Julien	34	5.4 km NW	228	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Chambon	30	119 km NE	260	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Corsavy	66	124 km S	246	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Thoras	43	155 km N	243	13	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Chanéac	07	188 km NE	254	14.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Brisson	58	424 km N	252	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Vieussan'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-Jean-de-Minervois	34	21 km SW	131	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Pierrerue	34	12 km S	289	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Berlou	34	5.6 km S	211	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Le Puech	34	32 km NE	262	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Villespassans	34	18 km S	185	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	9.8 km W	302	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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