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Doulezon

Gironde · CC Castillon/Pujols · INSEE 33153

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

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Doulezon (INSEE 33153) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Castillon/Pujols. Population 286 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/33153-doulezon

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,713 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.85108.49
Housing mix0.7653.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CAROLE COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CAROLE COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 327 2023: 286 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 262 (2012) → 286 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 286 (2023): 34.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 157, of which 12.1 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.2 km NE (Sainte-Radegonde)Food shop — 2.6 km NW (Pujols)GP — 2.6 km NW (Pujols)Pharmacy — 7.2 km SW (Blasimon)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km NEFood shop — 2.6 km NWGP — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 7.2 km SW 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 (Sainte-Radegonde): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pujols): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Pujols): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Blasimon): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Doulezon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the SAUVETERRE-DE-G weather station, 12.5 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 86 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 15 km away at 82 m, over 23 summers. [12]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at SAUVETERRE-DE-G, 12.5 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33153/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33153/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33153/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33153/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33468
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33344
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33057
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33153
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Hyds03276 km NE29814.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Viersat23251 km NE27814.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 %
Bizeneuille03279 km NE29617.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Épineu-le-Chevreuil72361 km N28619.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Champfrémont53404 km N28219.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Gor4084 km S30821.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Gor4084 km S30821.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Viersat23251 km NE27814.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 %
Hyds03276 km NE29814.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Bizeneuille03279 km NE29617.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Épineu-le-Chevreuil72361 km N28619.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Champfrémont53404 km N28219.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 96 %

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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 Doulezon'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
Meux1777 km N32719No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Allas-Champagne1780 km N28323.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Antagnac4749 km S22320.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Virollet17101 km NW29412.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Salvy4765 km SE20020.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Salon2467 km NE26112.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %