Viols-le-Fort
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Viols-le-Fort (INSEE 34343) is in Hérault (34), part of CC du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. Population 1,229 (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/34343-viols-le-fort
Vitality score
Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 79 % of the 13,069 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GRAINS DE BLE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON MICHEL). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (DAVID PIZZA · LA MARMITE DE BILOU · MT BAR). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CLAPAS EOLE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NOEMIE BEUCHER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES SOUSSANS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VIOLS LE FORT AP). [3]
1 × Library (LE HIBOU LECTEUR SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (XENA COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LES GRAINS DE BLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | MAISON MICHEL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 3 | DAVID PIZZA · LA MARMITE DE BILOU · MT BAR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CLAPAS EOLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | NOEMIE BEUCHER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES SOUSSANS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [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 | VIOLS LE FORT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | LE HIBOU LECTEUR SALLE POLYVALENTE | 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 | 1 | XENA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 1,174 (2012) → 1,229 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 670 (1990) → 1,229 (2023): 83.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 612, of which 1.6 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Viols-le-Fort): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Viols-le-Fort): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Viols-le-Fort): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-de-Londres): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Viols-le-Fort): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST MARTIN DE LONDRES weather station, 4.6 km away at 214 m; the village itself is at 258 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 13.3 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 189 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 1,052 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 14.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST MARTIN DE LONDRES, 4.6 km away at 214 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
41 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 298,000 € — 2,307 € per m² of built surface. [11]
9 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 186,050 € — 2,736 € per m². [11]
The median across Hérault is 2,750 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34343/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34343/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34343/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34343/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34343
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34274
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obermodern-Zutzendorf | 67 | 639 km NE | 1,774 | 46.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chouilly | 51 | 588 km N | 1,064 | 39.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lamarche-sur-Saône | 21 | 414 km N | 1,382 | 45.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 93 % |
| Vernioz | 38 | 210 km NE | 1,521 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bâgé-le-Châtel | 01 | 301 km N | 971 | 62.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 % |
| Mézin | 47 | 278 km W | 1,433 | 55.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernioz | 38 | 210 km NE | 1,521 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mézin | 47 | 278 km W | 1,433 | 55.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 % |
| Bâgé-le-Châtel | 01 | 301 km N | 971 | 62.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 % |
| Lamarche-sur-Saône | 21 | 414 km N | 1,382 | 45.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 93 % |
| Chouilly | 51 | 588 km N | 1,064 | 39.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Obermodern-Zutzendorf | 67 | 639 km NE | 1,774 | 46.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Viols-le-Fort'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbarieu | 82 | 189 km W | 1,725 | 48.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jarcieu | 38 | 202 km NE | 1,135 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Anjou | 38 | 201 km NE | 1,031 | 35.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Vulbas | 01 | 264 km NE | 1,247 | 52.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Agnin | 38 | 200 km NE | 1,245 | 32.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vesseaux | 07 | 117 km NE | 2,069 | 59 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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