Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 48.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone (INSEE 34337) is in Hérault (34), part of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Population 10,872 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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/34337-villeneuve-les-maguelone
Vitality score
Vitality score 48.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).
Better served than 17 % of the 2,257 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 | 0.22 | 25 | 5.43 |
| Social | 0.72 | 20 | 14.46 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.4 | 10 | 4.02 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.59 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FLEUR DE SEL · CHEZ LEON). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PIEUX). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT MARCHE · CHEZ JOCE EPICERIE FINE · NETTO). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (BAGDI). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LA PARILLADE). [3,4]
32 × Restaurant (MICHON ROCO · CARRE BLANC · LE P'TIT KIFF · PEDROSO FEBRA CHRISTELE). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (LE RICHE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB PIERRE BOUISSINET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCOISE DOLTO). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE DES SALINS). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAVID TUSZYNSKI, MÉDECIN · EMILIE DOTTOR, MÉDECIN · CELINE FAEDO, MÉDECIN · JONATHAN DESMARAIS, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CLAIRE BOITARD, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE MAZERAND · PHARMACIE DE L'ABBAYE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE GEORGE SAND). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE LES SALINS). [3]
2 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE POSTE DE SECOURS DE VILLENEUVE · BAIGNADE AMENAGEE POSTE DE SECOURS DU PILOU). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE VILLENEUVE LES MAGUELONE). [3]
11 × Hairdresser (MYLENE QUINTAR · BARBARA COIFFURE · VB COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ARNEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 5 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | FLEUR DE SEL · CHEZ LEON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE PIEUX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | LE PETIT MARCHE · CHEZ JOCE EPICERIE FINE · NETTO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | BAGDI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LA PARILLADE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 32 | MICHON ROCO · CARRE BLANC · LE P'TIT KIFF · PEDROSO FEBRA CHRISTELE | INSEE BPE 32 / INSEE SIRENE 45 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | LE RICHE | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB PIERRE BOUISSINET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCOISE DOLTO | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE DES SALINS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | DAVID TUSZYNSKI, MÉDECIN · EMILIE DOTTOR, MÉDECIN · CELINE FAEDO, MÉDECIN · JONATHAN DESMARAIS, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CLAIRE BOITARD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | SELARL PHARMACIE MAZERAND · PHARMACIE DE L'ABBAYE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 GEORGE SAND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COLLEGE LES SALINS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 2 | BAIGNADE AMENAGEE POSTE DE SECOURS DE VILLENEUVE · BAIGNADE AMENAGEE POSTE DE SECOURS DU PILOU | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE VILLENEUVE LES MAGUELONE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 11 | MYLENE QUINTAR · BARBARA COIFFURE · VB COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING L'ARNEL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 9,436 (2012) → 10,872 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 5,081 (1990) → 10,872 (2023): 114 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,681, of which 4.1 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VILLENEUVE-LES-MAG-INRAE weather station, 0.9 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 7 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 18 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VILLENEUVE-LES-MAG-INRAE, 0.9 km away at 20 m, over 11 summers. [9]
An average of 572 mm of rain a year, spread over 58 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE-LES-MAG-INRAE, 0.9 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34337/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34337/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34337/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34337/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34337
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amnéville | 57 | 660 km N | 10,875 | 55.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 62 % |
| Chantilly | 60 | 638 km N | 10,591 | 60.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| Guebwiller | 68 | 552 km NE | 11,243 | 54.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 % |
| Trets | 13 | 147 km E | 10,946 | 57.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit | 30 | 103 km NE | 10,958 | 54.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Issoudun | 36 | 407 km N | 11,159 | 53.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Saint-Esprit | 30 | 103 km NE | 10,958 | 54.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Trets | 13 | 147 km E | 10,946 | 57.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Issoudun | 36 | 407 km N | 11,159 | 53.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Guebwiller | 68 | 552 km NE | 11,243 | 54.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 % |
| Chantilly | 60 | 638 km N | 10,591 | 60.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| Amnéville | 57 | 660 km N | 10,875 | 55.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 62 % |
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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 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone'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-Védas | 34 | 5.5 km NW | 13,328 | 65.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône | 13 | 78 km E | 8,573 | 59.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lattes | 34 | 5.0 km NE | 17,351 | 69.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Puget-sur-Argens | 83 | 228 km E | 8,602 | 65.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fabrègues | 34 | 6.9 km W | 7,447 | 65.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Juvignac | 34 | 10 km NW | 14,055 | 51.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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