Ambès

Gironde · Bordeaux Métropole · INSEE 33004

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambès (INSEE 33004) is in Gironde (33), part of Bordeaux Métropole. Population 3,313 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 18 % of the 6,556 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.36	20	7.13
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.79	10	7.91
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DES DEUX RIVES). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CASINO SHOP). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (RELAIS DU FOURAT · MATIN PETIT DEJ). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES BREL). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALBRAN YOUBI, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC CHAMPION, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE PEZAT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIANE HIPPOLYTE-CODOGNET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (EURL PHARMACIE CALMETTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (AMBES FERRY LPR RP · AMBES LPAC AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLES OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (HO-2-HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DES DEUX RIVES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	CASINO SHOP	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	5	RELAIS DU FOURAT · MATIN PETIT DEJ	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES BREL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	ALBRAN YOUBI, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC CHAMPION, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE PEZAT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIANE HIPPOLYTE-CODOGNET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	EURL PHARMACIE CALMETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	AMBES FERRY LPR RP · AMBES LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLES OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	HO-2-HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,243 2023: 3,313 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,882 (2012) → 3,313 (2023): 15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,567 (1990) → 3,313 (2023): 29.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,493, of which 0.5 % second homes and 8.1 % 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 (Ambès): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambès): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ambès): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ambès): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ambès): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.1

Days at or below 0 °C 27.4

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST GERVAIS weather station, 4.8 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 4 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ST GERVAIS, 4.8 km away at 42 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST GERVAIS, 4.8 km away at 42 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 — 33004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33004
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
Thise	25	568 km NE	2,994	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Labastidette	31	223 km SE	2,930	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nouaillé-Maupertuis	86	182 km NE	2,975	49.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Rosières-aux-Salines	54	657 km NE	2,810	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Drémil-Lafage	31	231 km SE	2,608	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Monchecourt	59	652 km NE	2,516	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nouaillé-Maupertuis	86	182 km NE	2,975	49.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Labastidette	31	223 km SE	2,930	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Drémil-Lafage	31	231 km SE	2,608	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Thise	25	568 km NE	2,994	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Monchecourt	59	652 km NE	2,516	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Rosières-aux-Salines	54	657 km NE	2,810	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Ambès'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-Médard-d'Eyrans	33	33 km S	3,409	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Razac-sur-l'Isle	24	91 km E	2,376	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Quentin-de-Baron	33	29 km SE	2,713	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Corme-Royal	17	85 km N	1,997	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Cognac	16	82 km N	3,471	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montussan	33	17 km SE	3,628	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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