Gajac

Gironde · CC du Bazadais · INSEE 33178

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

Few services 27.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gajac (INSEE 33178) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Bazadais. Population 367 (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/33178-gajac

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 18,049 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.51	10	5.11
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE SAUBOUA - LA CAVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MIAM-TINIK). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE SAUBOUA - LA CAVE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	1	MIAM-TINIK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 336 peak 2012: 387 2023: 367 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 387 (2012) → 367 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 363 (1990) → 367 (2023): 1.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 5.7 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.9 km WPrimary school — 2.5 km SWGP — 5.7 km NEFood shop — 6.5 km NPharmacy — 6.5 km N 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 (Gajac): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auros): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aillas): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Auros): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Birac): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.5

Days at or below 0 °C 28.6

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CAZATS weather station, 5.6 km away at 114 m; the village itself is at 130 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CAZATS, 5.6 km away at 114 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

An average of 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CAZATS, 5.6 km away at 114 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33178/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33178/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33178/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33178/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33178
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33053
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
Froideterre	70	629 km NE	359	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Hundsbach	68	675 km NE	357	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Parnay	49	311 km N	373	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Sacy	51	613 km NE	369	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Sainte-Cérotte	72	390 km N	337	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 80 %
Jarménil	88	657 km NE	415	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Parnay	49	311 km N	373	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Cérotte	72	390 km N	337	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 80 %
Sacy	51	613 km NE	369	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Froideterre	70	629 km NE	359	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Jarménil	88	657 km NE	415	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Hundsbach	68	675 km NE	357	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Gajac'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
Plassac-Rouffiac	16	122 km N	371	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lézignan	65	149 km S	355	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Souméras	17	99 km N	381	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Bastide-de-Lordat	09	206 km SE	330	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Longueville	47	27 km E	376	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Palais-du-Né	16	123 km N	305	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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