Bassens

Gironde · Bordeaux Métropole · INSEE 33032

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

Partly served 51.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bassens (INSEE 33032) is in Gironde (33), part of Bordeaux Métropole. Population 8,435 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/33032-bassens

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 2,906 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	0.31	25	7.68
Social	0.61	20	12.1
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.58	10	5.8
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.8	10	8.03
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL DU MARCHE DE BASSENS · SASU SYLVAIN PARBEAU · LE FOURNIL DE BASSENS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · NOUVET). ^[3,4]

18 × Restaurant (KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · LE COLIBRI · LE LIMOUSIN · T.F.C. · COCINA LATINA BORDEAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR 2000). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE FREDERIC CHOPIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE BOUSQUET). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROSA BONHEUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE F.VILLON). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MANON CORMIER). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRYSTEL BOP, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHARLES ROUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · MICKAEL BAUD, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE SAUVESTRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE DE MEIGNAN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (LES TERRASSES DU BOUSQUET · COLLEGE MANON CORMIER · PLAINE DES SPORTS DE SEGUINAUD). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

12 × Hairdresser (MARJORIE ET BERNARD COIFFURE · AU CISEAU D'OR SARL · MAEVA VOUS COIFFE A DOMICILE · TENDANCE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	FOURNIL DU MARCHE DE BASSENS · SASU SYLVAIN PARBEAU · LE FOURNIL DE BASSENS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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	2	ALDI MARCHE · NOUVET	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	18	KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · LE COLIBRI · LE LIMOUSIN · T.F.C. · COCINA LATINA BORDEAUX	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR 2000	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE FREDERIC CHOPIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE BOUSQUET	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROSA BONHEUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE F.VILLON	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MANON CORMIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CHRYSTEL BOP, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHARLES ROUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · MICKAEL BAUD, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE SAUVESTRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE DE MEIGNAN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	LES TERRASSES DU BOUSQUET · COLLEGE MANON CORMIER · PLAINE DES SPORTS DE SEGUINAUD	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	12	MARJORIE ET BERNARD COIFFURE · AU CISEAU D'OR SARL · MAEVA VOUS COIFFE A DOMICILE · TENDANCE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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: 4,841 2023: 8,435 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,967 (2012) → 8,435 (2023): 21.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 6,472 (1990) → 8,435 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,048, of which 0.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.6 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 (Bassens): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bassens): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bassens): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bassens): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bassens): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.2

Days at or below 0 °C 22

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CENON weather station, 5 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VILLENAVE D'ORNON-INRAE, 13.1 km away at 25 m, over 22 summers. ^[9]

An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CENON, 5 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33032/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33032/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33032/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33032/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33032
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
Boucau	64	171 km SW	8,968	55.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf	76	503 km N	8,443	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Vendin-le-Vieil	62	670 km N	8,536	53.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 72 %
Thorigné-Fouillard	35	371 km N	8,667	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Menucourt	95	496 km N	6,184	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux	38	490 km E	6,078	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boucau	64	171 km SW	8,968	55.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 7 %
Thorigné-Fouillard	35	371 km N	8,667	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux	38	490 km E	6,078	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Menucourt	95	496 km N	6,184	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf	76	503 km N	8,443	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Vendin-le-Vieil	62	670 km N	8,536	53.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 72 %

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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 Bassens'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
Carbon-Blanc	33	1.1 km SE	8,331	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Artigues-près-Bordeaux	33	4.7 km S	8,687	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Taillan-Médoc	33	12 km W	11,073	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Cubzac	33	12 km NE	12,626	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-d'Illac	33	23 km SW	9,616	67.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ambarès-et-Lagrave	33	3.6 km NE	17,644	55.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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