Castelviel

Identity

Castelviel (INSEE 33105) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Rurales de l'Entre-Deux-Mers. Population 205 (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/33105-castelviel

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 16,110 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SALON DE COIFFURE JAIADA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 191 (2012) → 205 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 198 (1990) → 205 (2023): 3.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 105, of which 8.6 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sauveterre-de-Guyenne): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gornac): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gornac): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gornac): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Castelviel): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS weather station, 3.2 km away at 82 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 3.2 km away at 82 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 3.2 km away at 82 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 177,500 € — 1,272 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Gironde is 2,989 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33105/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33105/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33105/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33105/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33506
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33189
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33105
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025