Balizac

Gironde · CC du Sud Gironde · INSEE 33026

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

Partly served 41/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Balizac (INSEE 33026) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Sud Gironde. Population 520 (2023). ^[1]

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

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/33026-balizac

Vitality score

Vitality score 41/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,720 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES POTTOS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BALIZAC). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (YAMAE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LES POTTOS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BALIZAC	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	YAMAE COIFFURE	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: 252 2023: 520 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 473 (2012) → 520 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 272 (1990) → 520 (2023): 91.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 248, of which 6.5 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.2 km EBakery — 6.5 km SEGP — 7.0 km SEPharmacy — 9.4 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 (Villandraut): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Noaillan): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villandraut): 7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sauternes): 9.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Balizac): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.8

Muggy days a summer 11▸

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BUDOS weather station, 7.8 km away at 24 m; the village itself is at 47 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAUTERNES, 11.2 km away at 65 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-SYMPHORIEN, 7.7 km away at 54 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33547
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33307
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33504
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33026
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
Salt-en-Donzy	42	397 km E	535	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay	71	461 km NE	505	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Fontaines-d'Ozillac	17	100 km N	510	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
Monétay-sur-Allier	03	360 km NE	536	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez	42	415 km E	480	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Cleppé	42	390 km NE	572	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaines-d'Ozillac	17	100 km N	510	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
Monétay-sur-Allier	03	360 km NE	536	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Cleppé	42	390 km NE	572	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Salt-en-Donzy	42	397 km E	535	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %
Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez	42	415 km E	480	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay	71	461 km NE	505	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 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 Balizac'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
Lunas	24	82 km NE	459	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bommes	33	9.5 km NE	459	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Budos	33	7.0 km NE	823	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fourneaux	42	403 km NE	563	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lafitole	65	123 km S	433	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-de-Balson	33	6.4 km S	328	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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