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Braud-et-Saint-Louis

Gironde · CC de l'Estuaire · INSEE 33073

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

Partly served 42.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Braud-et-Saint-Louis (INSEE 33073) is in Gironde (33), part of CC de l'Estuaire. Population 1,527 (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/33073-braud-et-saint-louis

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 11,494 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 food0.34258.55
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.71107.12
Housing mix0.9354.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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) (AUX DELICES DE SONIA ET DOM). [3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (LA BELLE POULE · RESTOBONCOIN). [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LOUIS CASSIUS, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L ESTUAIRE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRAUD ET SAINT LOUIS LPA AP). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (SARL ATTITUDE · BELLA COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2AUX DELICES DE SONIA ET DOMINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PROXIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LA BELLE POULE · RESTOBONCOININSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1LOUIS CASSIUS, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE L ESTUAIREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BRAUD ET SAINT LOUIS LPA APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF HENRI CROTTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3SARL ATTITUDE · BELLA COIFFUREINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,041 peak 1982: 1,753 2023: 1,527 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,486 (2012) → 1,527 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,260 (1990) → 1,527 (2023): 21.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 874, of which 3.7 % second homes and 22.1 % 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 (Braud-et-Saint-Louis): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Braud-et-Saint-Louis): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Braud-et-Saint-Louis): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Braud-et-Saint-Louis): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Braud-et-Saint-Louis): 0.3 km to the north-west (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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the PAUILLAC-SUD weather station, 12.3 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 7 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 12.3 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. [9]

An average of 858 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ETAULIERS, 5 km away at 7 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 — 33073/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33073/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33073/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33073/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33073
  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
Cadalen81259 km SE1,54744.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Reignac339.4 km E1,62846.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Villebrumier82222 km SE1,34842.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Dignac1679 km NE1,36239.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %
Agonac24108 km E1,76545Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Livré-sur-Changeon35335 km N1,75846.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Reignac339.4 km E1,62846.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Dignac1679 km NE1,36239.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %
Agonac24108 km E1,76545Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Villebrumier82222 km SE1,34842.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Cadalen81259 km SE1,54744.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Livré-sur-Changeon35335 km N1,75846.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %

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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 Braud-et-Saint-Louis'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
Berson3316 km S1,84644.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Prayssas47139 km SE99366.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Le Houga32168 km S1,20247.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Listrac-Médoc3323 km SW2,80743.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mariens3323 km SE1,63936.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry64237 km S1,52752.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %