Porte-de-Benauge

Gironde · CC Rurales de l'Entre-Deux-Mers · INSEE 33008

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

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Porte-de-Benauge (INSEE 33008) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Rurales de l'Entre-Deux-Mers. Population 602 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 2 former communes: Saint-Genis-du-Bois (33409), Cantois (33092). ^[3]

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/33008-porte-de-benauge

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,066 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.78	10	7.78
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU P TIT MARCHE). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (BAIRRAS RAMOS LUCINDA). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU P TIT MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	BAIRRAS RAMOS LUCINDA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 495 peak 2012: 608 2023: 602 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 608 (2012) → 602 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 471 (1990) → 602 (2023): 27.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 297, of which 4.7 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 1.4 km EPharmacy — 5.3 km EGP — 5.5 km EBakery — 6.4 km N 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 (Targon): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Porte-de-Benauge): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Gornac): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Gornac): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-de-Bat): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30

Days at or below 0 °C 29.7

Muggy days a summer 6.7

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS weather station, 10 km away at 82 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 10 km away at 82 m, over 23 summers. ^[13]

An average of 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at TARGON, 6.3 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33008/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33008/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33008/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33008/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33523
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33008
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33464
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-Cyr-du-Doret	17	184 km N	681	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Beaumontel	27	496 km N	639	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Villaines-la-Gonais	72	390 km N	510	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Bénesse-lès-Dax	40	131 km SW	598	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Joué-en-Charnie	72	371 km N	589	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Villard-Saint-Sauveur	39	513 km NE	585	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bénesse-lès-Dax	40	131 km SW	598	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Cyr-du-Doret	17	184 km N	681	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Joué-en-Charnie	72	371 km N	589	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Villaines-la-Gonais	72	390 km N	510	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Beaumontel	27	496 km N	639	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Villard-Saint-Sauveur	39	513 km NE	585	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 42 % · 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 Porte-de-Benauge'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
Maucor	64	147 km S	564	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pardoux-du-Breuil	47	42 km SE	633	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saugon	33	59 km N	504	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cambernard	31	176 km SE	499	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Croignon	33	18 km NW	749	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Javrezac	16	114 km N	583	9.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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