Blaye

Gironde · CC de Blaye · INSEE 33058

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

Partly served 58.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blaye (INSEE 33058) is in Gironde (33), part of CC de Blaye. Population 5,066 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/33058-blaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 4,626 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.89	20	17.76
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.55	10	5.53
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.68	10	6.82
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

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 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI D'OR · AUX DELICES DE LA CITADELLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (STEWART NAKIBA · JARDIN DES MARMITES). ^[3,4]

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

30 × Restaurant (LA MARINA · CANTEEN STREET · CHEZ KA-TEA · LE CARRE VAUBAN). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (LA PETITE CAVE · LE BASTION · RISTORANTE A-NAPOLI · LE VAUBAN NEW GENERATION). ^[4]

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

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANDRE VALLEYS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROSA BONHEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE SEBASTIEN VAUBAN · COLLEGE PRIVE JEANNE D ARC-ST ROMAIN). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GEOFFROY LACAZE, MÉDECIN · MICHEL DUSSAUD, MÉDECIN · BRIGITTE BALDES, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE HAMM, MÉDECIN · JEROME BROQUAIRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA'ALLIANCE · PHARMACIE DES REMPARTS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JOHEL COUTURA). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE ZOETROPE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ROBERT PAUL · GYMNASE TITOU VALLAEYS). ^[3]

9 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BLAYE · CAISSE D EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · BANQUE CIC SUD OUEST · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (ANTOINE COIFFURE · ELIAS COIFFURE ELIAS BEAUTE D'ONGLE · CHARLOTTE AUX CISEAUX D'OR). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL LA CITADELLE · AUBERGE DU PORCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA CITADELLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	L'EPI D'OR · AUX DELICES DE LA CITADELLE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	STEWART NAKIBA · JARDIN DES MARMITES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · ALDI MARCHE	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	30	LA MARINA · CANTEEN STREET · CHEZ KA-TEA · LE CARRE VAUBAN	INSEE BPE 30 / INSEE SIRENE 39 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	LA PETITE CAVE · LE BASTION · RISTORANTE A-NAPOLI · LE VAUBAN NEW GENERATION	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANDRE VALLEYS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROSA BONHEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE SEBASTIEN VAUBAN · COLLEGE PRIVE JEANNE D ARC-ST ROMAIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	GEOFFROY LACAZE, MÉDECIN · MICHEL DUSSAUD, MÉDECIN · BRIGITTE BALDES, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE HAMM, MÉDECIN · JEROME BROQUAIRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE LA'ALLIANCE · PHARMACIE DES REMPARTS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 JOHEL COUTURA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE ZOETROPE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE ROBERT PAUL · GYMNASE TITOU VALLAEYS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	9	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BLAYE · CAISSE D EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · BANQUE CIC SUD OUEST · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 9 [3]
Hairdresser	10	ANTOINE COIFFURE · ELIAS COIFFURE ELIAS BEAUTE D'ONGLE · CHARLOTTE AUX CISEAUX D'OR	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL LA CITADELLE · AUBERGE DU PORCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA CITADELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday 8h30 à 12h30 allées des Soupirs. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 4,355 2023: 5,066 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,710 (2012) → 5,066 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 4,286 (1990) → 5,066 (2023): 18.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,235, of which 4.4 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Blaye): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Blaye): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Blaye): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Blaye): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Blaye): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 21.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PAUILLAC-SUD weather station, 10.2 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 10.2 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 10.2 km away at 19 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 — 33058/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.blaye.fr/infos-pratiques/marches-et-commerces/— “La ville de Blaye accueille sur les allées des Soupirs, deux marchés par semaine : Mercredi de 8h30 à 12h30 Samedi de 8h30 à 12h30”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33058/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33058/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33058/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33058
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
Hauts de Bienne	39	541 km E	5,032	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 1 % · humidity 29 %
Luzarches	95	501 km NE	5,008	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Beaucourt	90	639 km NE	4,966	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac	33	32 km SE	4,881	43.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Bogny-sur-Meuse	08	665 km NE	4,889	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 29 %
Graveson	13	454 km E	4,698	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac	33	32 km SE	4,881	43.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Graveson	13	454 km E	4,698	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Luzarches	95	501 km NE	5,008	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Hauts de Bienne	39	541 km E	5,032	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 1 % · humidity 29 %
Beaucourt	90	639 km NE	4,966	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 36 %
Bogny-sur-Meuse	08	665 km NE	4,889	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Blaye'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
Serres-Castet	64	195 km S	4,418	61.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Beautiran	33	50 km S	2,488	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Montardon	64	197 km S	2,419	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ribérac	24	80 km E	3,734	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-Médoc	33	13 km W	4,914	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Savin	33	17 km E	3,582	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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