Cars

Gironde · CC de Blaye · INSEE 33100

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cars (INSEE 33100) is in Gironde (33), part of CC de Blaye. Population 1,227 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 13,084 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.53	10	5.35
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU PRE A LA BOUCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (E.LECLERC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA DETENTE · PAC PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE JEAN CHETY). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CARS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	BOUCHERIE DU PRE A LA BOUCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	E.LECLERC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LA DETENTE · PAC PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE JEAN CHETY	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CARS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,255 2023: 1,227 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,161 (2012) → 1,227 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,186 (1990) → 1,227 (2023): 3.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 637, of which 3.9 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.8 km NWBakery — 1.7 km WGP — 2.0 km WPharmacy — 3.3 km W 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 (Saint-Martin-Lacaussade): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cars): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Blaye): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Blaye): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cars): 0 km to the north-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. ^[11]

Measured at the PAUILLAC-SUD weather station, 12.7 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 12.7 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 858 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ETAULIERS, 11.3 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33100/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33100/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33100/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33100/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33441
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33100
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
Allogny	18	325 km NE	1,142	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Nurieux-Volognat	01	491 km E	965	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 1 % · humidity 29 %
Méjannes-lès-Alès	30	395 km E	1,243	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Tresbœuf	35	314 km N	1,234	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Fresnes	41	300 km NE	1,200	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 53 %
Thorigny	85	172 km N	1,275	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thorigny	85	172 km N	1,275	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Fresnes	41	300 km NE	1,200	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 53 %
Tresbœuf	35	314 km N	1,234	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Allogny	18	325 km NE	1,142	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Méjannes-lès-Alès	30	395 km E	1,243	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Nurieux-Volognat	01	491 km E	965	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 1 % · 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 Cars'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
Eyrans	33	6.7 km N	756	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chéraute	64	212 km S	1,043	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Villetoureix	24	79 km E	891	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Soussans	33	10 km SW	1,719	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-Beychevelle	33	10 km NW	606	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives	33	6.2 km E	971	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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