Galgon

Gironde · CC du Fronsadais · INSEE 33179

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

Few services 36.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Galgon (INSEE 33179) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Fronsadais. Population 3,144 (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/33179-galgon

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 14 % of the 6,851 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.75	10	7.51
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (P ET B MACARONS · LA GALGONNAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SUP AL). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LA SAYE · PIZZA BINGO LIBOURNE). ^[3,4]

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

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MORGANE FLAHAUT, MÉDECIN · FABIEN LAMBERT, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE TRANNOY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CAISSE D EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LUGON GALGON). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (LA MAISON DE ADA · COLAURIE · ATELIER DE MAEVA). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	P ET B MACARONS · LA GALGONNAISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SUP AL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	RESTAURANT LA SAYE · PIZZA BINGO LIBOURNE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE R. PERRET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MORGANE FLAHAUT, MÉDECIN · FABIEN LAMBERT, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE TRANNOY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE GALGON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE 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	2	CAISSE D EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LUGON GALGON	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	6	LA MAISON DE ADA · COLAURIE · ATELIER DE MAEVA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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): Friday matin place du marché en centre bourg. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,106 2023: 3,144 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,941 (2012) → 3,144 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,514 (1990) → 3,144 (2023): 25.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,549, of which 1.8 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Galgon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Galgon): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Galgon): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Galgon): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Galgon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.4

Muggy days a summer 15▸

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-DU-BO weather station, 4.9 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-BO, 4.9 km away at 66 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-BO, 4.9 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

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 — 33179/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.galgon.fr/marche_a59.html— “Le marché a lieu tous les vendredis matins sur la place du marché en centre bourg.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33179/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33179/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33179/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33179
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
Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal	76	507 km N	3,117	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Courcelles-Chaussy	57	682 km NE	3,006	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 %
Buzet-sur-Tarn	31	203 km SE	2,963	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 73 %
Diémoz	38	425 km E	2,947	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 7 %
Mertzwiller	67	741 km NE	3,343	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 %
Dettwiller	67	721 km NE	2,558	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Buzet-sur-Tarn	31	203 km SE	2,963	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 73 %
Diémoz	38	425 km E	2,947	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal	76	507 km N	3,117	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Courcelles-Chaussy	57	682 km NE	3,006	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 %
Dettwiller	67	721 km NE	2,558	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 7 %
Mertzwiller	67	741 km NE	3,343	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Galgon'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
Urt	64	185 km SW	2,346	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Artix	64	179 km S	3,477	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-sur-Charente	16	70 km N	3,550	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gan	64	196 km S	5,676	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geours-de-Maremne	40	164 km SW	3,089	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul	40	151 km SW	3,402	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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