Ambarès-et-Lagrave

Gironde · Bordeaux Métropole · INSEE 33003

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

Partly served 55.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambarès-et-Lagrave (INSEE 33003) is in Gironde (33), part of Bordeaux Métropole. Population 17,644 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 55.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 26 % of the 1,361 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	0.34	25	8.45
Social	0.58	20	11.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.56	10	5.58
Public & culture	0.12	5	0.59
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE BLOUIN · LE FOURNIL D'AMBARES · BOULANGERIES D'AQUITAINE · BOULANGERIE ANGE · ARNAUD LE PATISSIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BRUNEL). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EASY MARKET · LA VASILE SI ION). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (U EXPRESS · LIDL). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (L'ANCRE DE MER). ^[3,4]

23 × Restaurant (DELETOILLE · SERGIO PIZZA · CHEZ MARINETTE · DON'PABLO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CHEMIN DE LA VIE). ^[4]

4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE BOURG · ECOL MATE CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE BEL-AIR). ^[3]

8 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES CROQUEURS DE SAVOIRS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA GORP · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AIME CESAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCOIS AUBOIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BEL AIR). ^[3]

2 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LES CROQUEURS DE SAVOIRS · COLLEGE CLAUDE MASSE). ^[3]

13 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL VEAUX, MÉDECIN · RAPHAEL DUQUENOY, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN JULHES, MÉDECIN · DENIS TESTUD, MÉDECIN · HUGO VERGNOLLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LIBERTE · GRANDE PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE PLACE DE L EGLISE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND). ^[3]

6 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ROSA BONHEUR · COMPLEXE SPORTIF LACHAZE · CSES PEYRELONGUE · COLLEGE CLAUDE MASSE · SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

7 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREV AQUI PO · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE CREDIT MUT AMBARES LAGRAVE · BNP PARIBAS · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE). ^[3]

19 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ECS · MALVINA · OGNYANOV STAMEN). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL AMAYA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 10 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	9	PATISSERIE BLOUIN · LE FOURNIL D'AMBARES · BOULANGERIES D'AQUITAINE · BOULANGERIE ANGE · ARNAUD LE PATISSIER	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BRUNEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	EASY MARKET · LA VASILE SI ION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	U EXPRESS · LIDL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	L'ANCRE DE MER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	23	DELETOILLE · SERGIO PIZZA · CHEZ MARINETTE · DON'PABLO	INSEE BPE 23 / INSEE SIRENE 50 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CHEMIN DE LA VIE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	4	ECOLE MATERNELLE BOURG · ECOL MATE CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE BEL-AIR	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	8	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES CROQUEURS DE SAVOIRS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA GORP · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AIME CESAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCOIS AUBOIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BEL AIR	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Collège	2	ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LES CROQUEURS DE SAVOIRS · COLLEGE CLAUDE MASSE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	13	MICHEL VEAUX, MÉDECIN · RAPHAEL DUQUENOY, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN JULHES, MÉDECIN · DENIS TESTUD, MÉDECIN · HUGO VERGNOLLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 13 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE LIBERTE · GRANDE PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE PLACE DE L EGLISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	6	GYMNASE ROSA BONHEUR · COMPLEXE SPORTIF LACHAZE · CSES PEYRELONGUE · COLLEGE CLAUDE MASSE · SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	7	CAISSE EPARGNE PREV AQUI PO · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE CREDIT MUT AMBARES LAGRAVE · BNP PARIBAS · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Hairdresser	19	COIFFURE ECS · MALVINA · OGNYANOV STAMEN	INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL AMAYA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 7,134 2023: 17,644 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 14,112 (2012) → 17,644 (2023): 25 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 10,195 (1990) → 17,644 (2023): 73.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 7,647, of which 0.5 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Ambarès-et-Lagrave): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambarès-et-Lagrave): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ambarès-et-Lagrave): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ambarès-et-Lagrave): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ambarès-et-Lagrave): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.4

Days at or below 0 °C 18.1▸

Muggy days a summer 7.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CENON weather station, 7.8 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[9]

The village sits 57 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST GERVAIS, 11.3 km away at 42 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CENON, 7.8 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33003/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33003/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33003/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33003/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33003
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
L'Isle-d'Abeau	38	454 km E	17,515	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Carvin	62	670 km N	17,909	57.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Égrève	38	486 km E	17,986	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Yutz	57	706 km NE	17,391	61.7	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 36 %
Montceau-les-Mines	71	423 km NE	17,064	61.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · humidity 57 %
Blanquefort	33	11 km W	17,215	58.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Blanquefort	33	11 km W	17,215	58.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montceau-les-Mines	71	423 km NE	17,064	61.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · humidity 57 %
L'Isle-d'Abeau	38	454 km E	17,515	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Égrève	38	486 km E	17,986	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Carvin	62	670 km N	17,909	57.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 66 %
Yutz	57	706 km NE	17,391	61.7	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 36 %

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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 Ambarès-et-Lagrave'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-André-de-Cubzac	33	8.4 km NE	12,626	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saintes	17	92 km N	25,363	76.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean	31	212 km SE	11,261	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Le Taillan-Médoc	33	14 km W	11,073	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Périgueux	24	99 km E	29,055	82.4	Well served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Artigues-près-Bordeaux	33	7.3 km S	8,687	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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