Val de Virvée

Gironde · CC du Grand Cubzaguais · INSEE 33018

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

Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val de Virvée (INSEE 33018) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Grand Cubzaguais. Population 3,793 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: Saint-Antoine (33371), Salignac (33495). ^[3]

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/33018-val-de-virvee

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 17 % of the 5,898 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.26	5	1.32
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (KABALIGNAC · LEBUFFE-GOBLET). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (SANGLET). ^[4,5]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES PETITS ALBINS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE BEYNEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTELLE GABRIEL, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE JACQUET, MÉDECIN · REMI MASSE, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VAL DE VIRVEE). ^[4,5]

3 × Post office / agence postale (SALIGNAC RP · SAINT ANTOINE AP · AUBIE ESPESSAS AP). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (CARLOTA COIFFURE · AD'COIFF). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	KABALIGNAC · LEBUFFE-GOBLET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	SANGLET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES PETITS ALBINS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE BEYNEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CHRISTELLE GABRIEL, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE JACQUET, MÉDECIN · REMI MASSE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU VAL DE VIRVEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	3	SALIGNAC RP · SAINT ANTOINE AP · AUBIE ESPESSAS AP	INSEE BPE 3 [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	4	CARLOTA COIFFURE · AD'COIFF	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,519 2023: 3,793 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,229 (2012) → 3,793 (2023): 17.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,424 (1990) → 3,793 (2023): 56.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,668, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.3 km WFood shop — 1.7 km WGP — 1.8 km SWPharmacy — 2.1 km E 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 (Val de Virvée): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-André-de-Cubzac): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-André-de-Cubzac): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Val de Virvée): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Val de Virvée): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GERVAIS weather station, 5.3 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST GERVAIS, 5.3 km away at 42 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST GERVAIS, 5.3 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33366
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
Cagnac-les-Mines	81	233 km SE	2,621	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Corcoué-sur-Logne	44	234 km N	3,265	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Rouans	44	266 km NW	3,301	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Viaud	44	278 km NW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Velleron	84	447 km E	3,168	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Grane	26	421 km E	2,204	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cagnac-les-Mines	81	233 km SE	2,621	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Corcoué-sur-Logne	44	234 km N	3,265	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Rouans	44	266 km NW	3,301	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Viaud	44	278 km NW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Grane	26	421 km E	2,204	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Velleron	84	447 km E	3,168	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Val de Virvée'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
Chaniers	17	79 km N	3,651	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Cognac	16	81 km N	3,471	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quentin-de-Baron	33	24 km SE	2,713	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gémozac	17	65 km N	3,052	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye	33	15 km NW	1,879	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Berson	33	17 km NW	1,846	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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