Gensac

Gironde · CC Castillon/Pujols · INSEE 33186

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

Served 60.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gensac (INSEE 33186) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Castillon/Pujols. Population 687 (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/33186-gensac

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 16,456 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.91	10	9.07
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.14
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAN ESCARP · PATISSERIE AUBEPINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PATI'O). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PAIX). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ECOLE DE GENSAC). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLÉMENT MACRON, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE GALLOT, MÉDECIN · AYMERIC LAIR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES COTEAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GENSAC SPAR LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE GENSAC). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NATURALIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	PAN ESCARP · PATISSERIE AUBEPINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE PATI'O	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA PAIX	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ECOLE DE GENSAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CLÉMENT MACRON, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE GALLOT, MÉDECIN · AYMERIC LAIR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DES COTEAUX	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GENSAC SPAR LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE DE GENSAC	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	1	NATURALIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 842 peak 2007: 849 2023: 687 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 848 (2012) → 687 (2023): -19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 752 (1990) → 687 (2023): -8.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 509, of which 12.2 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.6 km EPharmacy — 5.4 km NE 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 (Gensac): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gensac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gensac): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vélines): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gensac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.5

Days at or below 0 °C 51.8

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES LEVES THOUM weather station, 11.4 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[10]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES LEVES THOUM, 11.4 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24568
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
Moulins-la-Marche	61	428 km N	710	61.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 88 %
Sancergues	18	341 km NE	620	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 96 %
Cuq-Toulza	81	200 km SE	702	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 54 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	371 km NW	647	69.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 84 %
Vauvillers	70	578 km NE	602	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins	69	365 km NE	635	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 54 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuq-Toulza	81	200 km SE	702	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 54 %
Sancergues	18	341 km NE	620	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins	69	365 km NE	635	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 54 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	371 km NW	647	69.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 84 %
Moulins-la-Marche	61	428 km N	710	61.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 88 %
Vauvillers	70	578 km NE	602	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 72 %

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