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Cézac

Gironde · CC Latitude Nord Gironde · INSEE 33123

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cézac (INSEE 33123) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Latitude Nord Gironde. Population 2,727 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33123-cezac

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 7,739 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9854.89

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 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (LE KIOS'K 44). [3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 90 RUE). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (EURL PREFERENCES · BELLE'HOME · ALEX COIFF'). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant2LE KIOS'K 44INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE CEZACINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CEZAC APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 90 RUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3EURL PREFERENCES · BELLE'HOME · ALEX COIFF'INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,074 2023: 2,727 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,434 (2012) → 2,727 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,580 (1990) → 2,727 (2023): 72.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,100, of which 1.1 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.9 km SE (Cubnezais)Bakery — 2.0 km SE (Cubnezais)Food shop — 2.5 km NE (Cavignac)
In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.9 km SEBakery — 2.0 km SEFood shop — 2.5 km NE 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 (Cubnezais): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cavignac): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Cubnezais): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cézac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Cézac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST-SAVIN weather station, 5.5 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 38 m. [11]

The village sits 52 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ST-SAVIN, 5.5 km away at 90 m, over 17 summers. [11]

That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST-SAVIN, 5.5 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33123/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33123/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33123/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33123/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33142
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33114
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33123
  11. 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
Saint-Victor03276 km NE2,10034.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 %
Listrac-Médoc3329 km W2,80743.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mercurol-Veaunes26417 km E2,81643.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Martin-du-Mont01461 km E2,02328.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 43 %
Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine77443 km NE2,63033.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Polignac43336 km E2,81943.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 24 % · humidity 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Listrac-Médoc3329 km W2,80743.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor03276 km NE2,10034.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 %
Polignac43336 km E2,81943.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 24 % · humidity 36 %
Mercurol-Veaunes26417 km E2,81643.9Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine77443 km NE2,63033.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Martin-du-Mont01461 km E2,02328.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Cézac'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
Targon3342 km S2,07945.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Buros64194 km S2,00732.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Château-l'Évêque2488 km E2,15841.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Annesse-et-Beaulieu2480 km E1,51128.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Colayrac-Saint-Cirq47124 km SE3,09532.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Illats3355 km S1,41332.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %