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Guîtres

Gironde · CA du Libournais · INSEE 33198

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

Partly served 54.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guîtres (INSEE 33198) is in Gironde (33), part of CA du Libournais. Population 1,631 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33198-guitres

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 85 % of the 11,011 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 food0.39259.84
Social0.72014.09
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.66106.63
Housing mix0.9554.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON L. COQUILLEAU). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE DE L'ABBATIALE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PIERRE ET EVE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA FAMILY'IS). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE PUITS HENRY IV · LE BELLEVUE · L'AQUISTRIA). [4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANDRE GODIN). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN AVIOTTE). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SERGE IGLESIAS, MÉDECIN · RICHARD CASTET, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE GIOLITO). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES GUEYTINES). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (AINY'HAIR · TENDANCE NATURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON L. COQUILLEAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LA BOUCHERIE DE L'ABBATIALEINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PIERRE ET EVEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2LA FAMILY'ISINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE PUITS HENRY IV · LE BELLEVUE · L'AQUISTRIAINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE BOUTOULEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ANDRE GODININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE JEAN AVIOTTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2SERGE IGLESIAS, MÉDECIN · RICHARD CASTET, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1SARL PHARMACIE GIOLITOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1GUITRES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES GUEYTINESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2AINY'HAIR · TENDANCE NATUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,279 peak 2012: 1,690 2023: 1,631 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,690 (2012) → 1,631 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,403 (1990) → 1,631 (2023): 16.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 883, of which 2.5 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.6 km N (Guîtres)Pharmacy — 0.9 km NE (Guîtres)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.6 km NPharmacy — 0.9 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 (Guîtres): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Guîtres): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Guîtres): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Guîtres): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Guîtres): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LAGORCE weather station, 4.7 km away at 22 m; the village itself is at 26 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-BO, 5.7 km away at 66 m, over 12 summers. [9]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at GUITRES, 0.4 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

What property sold for

123 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 153,000 € — 1,509 € per m² of built surface. [10]

12 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 104,250 € — 962 € per m². [10]

The median across Gironde is 2,989 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33198/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33198/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33198/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33198/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33198
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thoissey01408 km E1,62658Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Void-Vacon55599 km NE1,59953.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 7 %
Oucques La Nouvelle41329 km N1,63854.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Cernay-la-Ville78436 km N1,51661.8ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Soucy89446 km NE1,53645.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 %
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp25560 km NE1,76263.3ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Oucques La Nouvelle41329 km N1,63854.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Thoissey01408 km E1,62658Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Cernay-la-Ville78436 km N1,51661.8ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Soucy89446 km NE1,53645.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 %
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp25560 km NE1,76263.3ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 %
Void-Vacon55599 km NE1,59953.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · 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 Guîtres'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
Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay42357 km E1,97961.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Lagorce334.8 km N1,57541.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chamadelle3311 km NE72536.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %