Avensan

Gironde · CC Médullienne · INSEE 33022

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avensan (INSEE 33022) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médullienne. Population 3,140 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33022-avensan

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 6,862 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'AUTHENTIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SALWA). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (KERYANN · ROKERPER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · CHEZ JIMMY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSETTE CALVO). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELODIE FAUGA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'EDIT DE NANTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AVENSAN RP). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFF'NOLIMITE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CLOS DE MEYRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'AUTHENTIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SALWA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	KERYANN · ROKERPER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · CHEZ JIMMY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSETTE CALVO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ELODIE FAUGA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'EDIT DE NANTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	AVENSAN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	4	COIFF'NOLIMITE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LE CLOS DE MEYRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day (reported, unverified): Saturday 8h30 à 13h parking des écoles. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 962 2023: 3,140 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,501 (2012) → 3,140 (2023): 25.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,620 (1990) → 3,140 (2023): 93.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,297, of which 0.9 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.2 km NE 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 (Avensan): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Avensan): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avensan): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Avensan): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Avensan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SALAUNES weather station, 12.3 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 29 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 17.1 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 993 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SALAUNES, 12.3 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33022/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.mairie-avensan.fr/actualites/1031140— “pour ce samedi de 8h30 à 13h sur le parking des écoles”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33022/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33022/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33022/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33022
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
Gimont	32	204 km SE	3,146	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Rozay-en-Brie	77	494 km NE	2,860	61.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Aoste	38	501 km E	2,876	62.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Goderville	76	520 km N	2,818	72.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 88 %
Duclair	76	510 km N	3,996	53	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Val-de-Scie	76	539 km N	2,530	64.8	Served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gimont	32	204 km SE	3,146	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Rozay-en-Brie	77	494 km NE	2,860	61.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Aoste	38	501 km E	2,876	62.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Duclair	76	510 km N	3,996	53	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Goderville	76	520 km N	2,818	72.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 88 %
Val-de-Scie	76	539 km N	2,530	64.8	Served	no figures

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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 Avensan'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
Rion-des-Landes	40	123 km S	3,142	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Morcenx-la-Nouvelle	40	112 km S	5,022	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
La Réole	33	76 km SE	4,487	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Montpon-Ménestérol	24	72 km E	5,866	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Quincieux	69	443 km E	3,679	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnau-de-Médoc	33	3.3 km W	4,907	61.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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