Hostens

Gironde · CC du Sud Gironde · INSEE 33202

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hostens (INSEE 33202) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Sud Gironde. Population 1,554 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33202-hostens

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 11,365 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 1 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) (BOULANGERIE LELOUTRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DE FRANCE HOSTENS · DROO'PIZZ · LE TEMPS D'UN VERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE NATHALIE CONSTANTINI). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT CESA, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE JOURDE, MÉDECIN · ABIGAIL FAVRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES LACS). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Swimming pool (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU DOMAINE DEPARTEMENTAL HOSTENS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (N D' COIF). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (DOMAINE DEPARTEMENTAL GERARD LAGORS). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LELOUTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
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	6	LE BISTROT DE FRANCE HOSTENS · DROO'PIZZ · LE TEMPS D'UN VERRE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE NATHALIE CONSTANTINI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	VINCENT CESA, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE JOURDE, MÉDECIN · ABIGAIL FAVRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES LACS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU DOMAINE DEPARTEMENTAL HOSTENS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	N D' COIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	DOMAINE DEPARTEMENTAL GERARD LAGORS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 727 2023: 1,554 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,379 (2012) → 1,554 (2023): 12.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 721 (1990) → 1,554 (2023): 115.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 813, of which 10.9 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 4.0 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 (Hostens): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Magne): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Hostens): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Hostens): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hostens): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.9

Days at or below 0 °C 53.5

Muggy days a summer 6

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CABANAC ET VILL weather station, 11.1 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELIN BELIET, 19.8 km away at 45 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 879 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CABANAC ET VILL, 11.1 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33202/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/e470660e-2e6a-368c-aaf4-1c431646936c— “Marché d'Hostens le dimanche.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33202/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33202/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33202/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33436
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
Lembach	67	814 km NE	1,490	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Bantzenheim	68	729 km NE	1,630	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Westhoffen	67	768 km NE	1,720	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Frahier-et-Chatebier	70	669 km NE	1,378	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud	79	197 km N	1,498	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 %
Soings-en-Sologne	41	365 km NE	1,546	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud	79	197 km N	1,498	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 %
Soings-en-Sologne	41	365 km NE	1,546	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Frahier-et-Chatebier	70	669 km NE	1,378	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Bantzenheim	68	729 km NE	1,630	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Westhoffen	67	768 km NE	1,720	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Lembach	67	814 km NE	1,490	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Hostens'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
Briatexte	81	219 km E	1,938	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-le-Grand	71	495 km NE	2,293	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Pompignan	82	173 km SE	1,866	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Salies-du-Salat	31	201 km SE	1,733	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Finhan	82	162 km SE	1,471	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Meauzac	82	156 km E	1,504	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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