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Le Barp

Gironde · CC du Val de l'Eyre · INSEE 33029

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

Partly served 55.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Barp (INSEE 33029) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Val de l'Eyre. Population 5,806 (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/33029-le-barp

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 4,065 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.442510.95
Social0.592011.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0.47104.67
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PLAISIR GOURMAND · LE FOURNIL D'ALBERT). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (B-BOUCHERIE · BOUCHERIE THOMAS). [3,4]

3 × Supermarket (DAUMONT · ALDI MARCHE · ACTION). [3,4]

6 × Restaurant (L'ENDROIT RSM · DO REGO KATAROU NADA · LE XV). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA CAVE DES TONTONS). [4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LOU PIN BERT). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MICHEL BALLION · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOU PIN BERT). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LE BARP). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OPHELIE MATUCHET, MÉDECIN · JOSEPHINE TRON, MÉDECIN · BERNARD DELAS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL GAINARD, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE BOCQUÉE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LE QUERE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE CHALET LE CHALET). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

8 × Hairdresser (ALIENOR COIFFURE - CHARDAT EIRL · JONOT VANINA · L'ENVIE D'HAIR · L'ATELIER POUR L'HOMME). [3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (RESTAURANT LE RESINIER). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2AU PLAISIR GOURMAND · LE FOURNIL D'ALBERTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2B-BOUCHERIE · BOUCHERIE THOMASINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket3DAUMONT · ALDI MARCHE · ACTIONINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant6L'ENDROIT RSM · DO REGO KATAROU NADA · LE XVINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar2LA CAVE DES TONTONSINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)2ECOLE MATERNELLE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LOU PIN BERTINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MICHEL BALLION · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOU PIN BERTINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE LE BARPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5OPHELIE MATUCHET, MÉDECIN · JOSEPHINE TRON, MÉDECIN · BERNARD DELAS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL GAINARD, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE BOCQUÉE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE LE QUEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE CHALET LE CHALETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser8ALIENOR COIFFURE - CHARDAT EIRL · JONOT VANINA · L'ENVIE D'HAIR · L'ATELIER POUR L'HOMMEINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1RESTAURANT LE RESINIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 958 2023: 5,806 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,908 (2012) → 5,806 (2023): 18.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,584 (1990) → 5,806 (2023): 124.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,477, of which 1.9 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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 (Le Barp): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Barp): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Le Barp): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Le Barp): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Le Barp): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LE BARP weather station, 6.4 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 72 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at PIERROTON-INRAE, 14.8 km away at 60 m, over 20 summers. [9]

An average of 879 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at LE BARP, 6.4 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33029/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33029/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33029/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33029/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33029
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mazé-Milon49319 km N5,76148.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Gan64156 km S5,67655.3Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 %
Luc-la-Primaube12264 km E6,04662.5ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Gilles35403 km N5,57654Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Mars-du-Désert44311 km N5,52344.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Feytiat87212 km NE6,17655.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gan64156 km S5,67655.3Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 %
Feytiat87212 km NE6,17655.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Luc-la-Primaube12264 km E6,04662.5ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Mars-du-Désert44311 km N5,52344.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Mazé-Milon49319 km N5,76148.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gilles35403 km N5,57654Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · 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 Le Barp'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neuville-de-Poitou86244 km N5,51359.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cazères31215 km SE4,85464.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire16108 km NE4,72660.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Brède3321 km NE4,38655.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Jarnac16128 km N4,48650.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chantonnay85233 km N8,55763.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %