Francs

Identity

Francs (INSEE 33173) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Grand Saint Emilionnais. Population 176 (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/33173-francs

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 15,200 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 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 208 (2012) → 176 (2023): -15.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 172 (1990) → 176 (2023): 2.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 10.3 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguilhe): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puisseguin): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefranche-de-Lonchat): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villefranche-de-Lonchat): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COUTRAS weather station, 13.5 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[12]

The village sits 73 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST EMILION, 14.6 km away at 38 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 56 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COUTRAS, 13.5 km away at 21 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 — 33173/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33173/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33173/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33173/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33461
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33342
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24584
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33173
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024