Lavazan

Gironde · CC du Bazadais · INSEE 33235

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavazan (INSEE 33235) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Bazadais. Population 228 (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/33235-lavazan

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 16,725 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.83	10	8.33
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COUZINET). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Hairdresser (50 NUANCES DE COIFFURE · L'ATELIER DE CHLOE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	COUZINET	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	50 NUANCES DE COIFFURE · L'ATELIER DE CHLOE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 216 peak 2012: 245 2023: 228 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 245 (2012) → 228 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 171 (1990) → 228 (2023): 33.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 123, of which 3.3 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 3.5 km NWFood shop — 5.2 km EPharmacy — 5.3 km EGP — 5.4 km E 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 (Lavazan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grignols): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Grignols): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Grignols): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Birac): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.5

Days at or below 0 °C 28.6

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAZATS weather station, 9.9 km away at 114 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CAZATS, 9.9 km away at 114 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GRIGNOLS, 5.5 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33235/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33235/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33235/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33235/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33195
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33053
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
Mantallot	22	538 km NW	226	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Bailleulval	62	680 km N	237	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie	17	181 km N	209	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte	55	642 km NE	226	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 28 % · humidity 71 %
Mercy-le-Haut	54	713 km NE	276	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Martin-des-Plains	63	296 km NE	178	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie	17	181 km N	209	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-des-Plains	63	296 km NE	178	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Mantallot	22	538 km NW	226	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte	55	642 km NE	226	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 28 % · humidity 71 %
Bailleulval	62	680 km N	237	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Mercy-le-Haut	54	713 km NE	276	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 58 %

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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 Lavazan'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
Saint-Laurent-des-Combes	33	54 km N	231	14.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mérignac	17	104 km N	237	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pey-d'Armens	33	51 km N	187	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Seure	17	157 km N	274	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gajac	33	5.1 km N	367	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cessac	33	39 km N	196	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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