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Lamarque

Gironde · CC Médoc Estuaire · INSEE 33220

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

Partly served 44.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lamarque (INSEE 33220) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Estuaire. Population 1,335 (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/33220-lamarque

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 64 % of the 12,448 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.39207.77
Education0.39103.93
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.99109.95
Housing mix0.9454.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER DES 6 GOURMETS). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA PAILLOTE DE STEPH · LA RIVE MEDOCAINE). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ETIENNE SANTOS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-JACQUES LAURENT, MÉDECIN · BRUNO DELANNAY, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU HAUT MEDOC). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAMARQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1L'ATELIER DES 6 GOURMETSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant3LA PAILLOTE DE STEPH · LA RIVE MEDOCAINEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3ETIENNE SANTOS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-JACQUES LAURENT, MÉDECIN · BRUNO DELANNAY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DU HAUT MEDOCINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAMARQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 742 2023: 1,335 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,235 (2012) → 1,335 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 893 (1990) → 1,335 (2023): 49.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 624, of which 3 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 2.9 km S (Arcins)Pharmacy — 5.6 km NE (Blaye)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 5.6 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 (Lamarque): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Arcins): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Lamarque): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Blaye): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Lamarque): 0.1 km to the south (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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PAUILLAC-SUD weather station, 10.8 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 7 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 10.8 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. [11]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT MEDOC, 10.1 km away at 8 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33220/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33220/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33220/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33220/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33220
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33010
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33058
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay3333 km SE1,39541.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Marcorignan11357 km SE1,33345.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Ambleny02560 km NE1,20533.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Juniville08614 km NE1,22444.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 43 %
Villepinte11301 km SE1,24335.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Oisy-le-Verger62641 km NE1,21332.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay3333 km SE1,39541.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Villepinte11301 km SE1,24335.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marcorignan11357 km SE1,33345.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Ambleny02560 km NE1,20533.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Juniville08614 km NE1,22444.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 43 %
Oisy-le-Verger62641 km NE1,21332.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Lamarque'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
Avignonet-Lauragais31277 km SE1,57337.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac3310 km NE77144.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Paillet3353 km SE1,17530.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Barcelonne-du-Gers32160 km S1,40129Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Cussac-Fort-Médoc332.1 km NW2,27939.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Braud-et-Saint-Louis3318 km NE1,52742.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %