Cussac-Fort-Médoc

Gironde · CC Médoc Estuaire · INSEE 33146

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

Few services 39.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cussac-Fort-Médoc (INSEE 33146) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Estuaire. Population 2,279 (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/33146-cussac-fort-medoc

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 8,769 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	6.47
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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE DE VAUBAN · O' DELICES DU MEDOC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BONTEMPS · ALEX FOOD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CUSSAC FORT MEDOC AP). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (DEDIEU BENOIT ISABELLE · L'COIFF A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	3	LA MIE DE VAUBAN · O' DELICES DU MEDOC	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	2	LE BONTEMPS · ALEX FOOD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE VAUBAN	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	CUSSAC FORT MEDOC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	3	DEDIEU BENOIT ISABELLE · L'COIFF A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday PARTIR DU 11 OCTOBRE Place du Général de Gaulle (seasonal). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 792 2023: 2,279 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,071 (2012) → 2,279 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,318 (1990) → 2,279 (2023): 72.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 982, of which 2.6 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.4 km SEFood shop — 4.8 km SPharmacy — 5.6 km E 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 (Cussac-Fort-Médoc): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Arcins): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Lamarque): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Blaye): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Cussac-Fort-Médoc): 0.2 km to the north (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. ^[13]

Measured at the PAUILLAC-SUD weather station, 8.7 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 14 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 8.7 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. ^[13]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT MEDOC, 8.3 km away at 8 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

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 — 33146/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.cussac-fort-medoc.fr/— “MARCHÉ HEBDOMADAIRE TOUS LES DIMANCHES À PARTIR DU 11 OCTOBRE – Place du Général de Gaulle”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33146/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33146/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33146/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33220
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
Vérines	17	121 km N	2,354	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Ercé-près-Liffré	35	355 km N	2,034	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Château-Gaillard	01	480 km E	2,443	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 36 %
Étriché	49	283 km N	1,600	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Sassenay	71	477 km NE	1,612	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Fillé	72	316 km N	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vérines	17	121 km N	2,354	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Étriché	49	283 km N	1,600	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Fillé	72	316 km N	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 36 %
Ercé-près-Liffré	35	355 km N	2,034	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Sassenay	71	477 km NE	1,612	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Château-Gaillard	01	480 km E	2,443	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Cussac-Fort-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
Avignonet-Lauragais	31	279 km SE	1,573	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac	33	26 km E	2,586	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Soussans	33	6.8 km S	1,719	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lamarque	33	2.1 km SE	1,335	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Barcelonne-du-Gers	32	162 km S	1,401	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Listrac-Médoc	33	6.4 km SW	2,807	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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