Castelnau-de-Médoc

Gironde · CC Médullienne · INSEE 33104

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

Served 61.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Castelnau-de-Médoc (INSEE 33104) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médullienne. Population 4,907 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/33104-castelnau-de-medoc

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 82 % of the 4,776 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	0.42	25	10.39
Social	0.8	20	15.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

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 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BESSON · LES CHANTAL · PATISSAO · LA BOULANGERIE DU MARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · LE PAPE DU GRENIER MEDOCAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (AU FIN GOURMET). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE QG DES VIVIERS · RATATOUILLE · LES DELICES DU PORTUGAL). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA JALLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE THOMAS PESQUET). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE CANTERANE). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALBERT GILLAIZEAU, MÉDECIN · DAMIEN MERCIER-COUBRIS, MÉDECIN · JUSTINE RIVALLAND, MÉDECIN · RÉMI PACOT, MÉDECIN · DIDIER SAINTE-CATHERINE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CLEMENT FRERES · PHARMACIE PORTE DU MEDOC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CASTELNAU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (PLAINE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL CASTELNAU DU MEDOC · AGENCE CASTELNAU · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · BNP PARIBAS · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (HANGAR 21 · NOMAD COIFFURE · PREMIUM HAIR BARBERSHOP). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Fishmonger, 3 × Restaurant, 4 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BESSON · LES CHANTAL · PATISSAO · LA BOULANGERIE DU MARCHE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · LE PAPE DU GRENIER MEDOCAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	13	AU FIN GOURMET	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE QG DES VIVIERS · RATATOUILLE · LES DELICES DU PORTUGAL	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CHARMILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA JALLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE THOMAS PESQUET	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE CANTERANE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	ALBERT GILLAIZEAU, MÉDECIN · DAMIEN MERCIER-COUBRIS, MÉDECIN · JUSTINE RIVALLAND, MÉDECIN · RÉMI PACOT, MÉDECIN · DIDIER SAINTE-CATHERINE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE CLEMENT FRERES · PHARMACIE PORTE DU MEDOC	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CASTELNAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	PLAINE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL CASTELNAU DU MEDOC · AGENCE CASTELNAU · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · BNP PARIBAS · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	5	HANGAR 21 · NOMAD COIFFURE · PREMIUM HAIR BARBERSHOP	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday place de l'Église. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,573 2023: 4,907 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,935 (2012) → 4,907 (2023): 24.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,773 (1990) → 4,907 (2023): 77 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,270, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5 % 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 (Castelnau-de-Médoc): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Castelnau-de-Médoc): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Castelnau-de-Médoc): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Castelnau-de-Médoc): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Castelnau-de-Médoc): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SALAUNES weather station, 10.3 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 17 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 18.3 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 993 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SALAUNES, 10.3 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

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 — 33104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mairie-castelnau-medoc.fr/mon-quotidien/entreprises-et-commerces/marche-municipal/— “Attention : le stationnement est interdit sur la place de l'Église à partir du samedi soir 20h , afin de permettre l'installation des stands.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33104
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
Saint-Laurent-Médoc	33	14 km N	4,914	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saverdun	09	275 km SE	4,808	56	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz	35	358 km N	4,738	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Jonquières	84	462 km E	5,201	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Bouloc	31	223 km SE	4,618	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
La Bouëxière	35	355 km N	4,667	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Laurent-Médoc	33	14 km N	4,914	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Bouloc	31	223 km SE	4,618	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saverdun	09	275 km SE	4,808	56	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
La Bouëxière	35	355 km N	4,667	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz	35	358 km N	4,738	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Jonquières	84	462 km E	5,201	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Castelnau-de-Médoc'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
Morcenx-la-Nouvelle	40	111 km S	5,022	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Montpon-Ménestérol	24	76 km E	5,866	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vic-en-Bigorre	65	195 km S	4,845	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Réole	33	78 km SE	4,487	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Avensan	33	3.3 km E	3,140	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rion-des-Landes	40	122 km S	3,142	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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