Cardan

Gironde · CC Convergence Garonne · INSEE 33098

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

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cardan (INSEE 33098) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Convergence Garonne. Population 510 (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/33098-cardan

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,754 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.88	10	8.82
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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		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: 296 2023: 510 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 448 (2012) → 510 (2023): 13.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 510 (2023): 38.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 241, of which 1.7 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km SWGP — 2.9 km SWPharmacy — 3.4 km WBakery — 4.0 km SW 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 (Podensac): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rions): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rions): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Paillet): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cardan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.1

Days at or below 0 °C 28.7

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CURSAN weather station, 12.6 km away at 94 m; the village itself is at 101 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at SAUTERNES, 15 km away at 65 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

An average of 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TARGON, 7.7 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

31 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 245,000 € — 1,979 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Gironde is 2,989 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33098/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33098/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33098/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33098/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33327
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33355
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33311
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33098
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Ruvigny	10	528 km NE	501	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Ficheux	62	658 km N	496	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Margny-sur-Matz	60	587 km N	531	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 29 %
Pisieu	38	430 km E	524	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 41 % · humidity 21 %
Mairy-Mainville	54	695 km NE	551	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 29 %
Cléry-en-Vexin	95	521 km N	476	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pisieu	38	430 km E	524	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 41 % · humidity 21 %
Cléry-en-Vexin	95	521 km N	476	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Ruvigny	10	528 km NE	501	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Margny-sur-Matz	60	587 km N	531	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 29 %
Ficheux	62	658 km N	496	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 %
Mairy-Mainville	54	695 km NE	551	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · 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 Cardan'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
Mazion	33	58 km NW	537	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Androny	33	62 km NW	582	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Campugnan	33	59 km N	516	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Lheurine	17	95 km N	533	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genès-de-Blaye	33	59 km NW	491	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Celles	17	103 km N	329	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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