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Lucmau

Gironde · CC du Sud Gironde · INSEE 33255

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lucmau (INSEE 33255) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Sud Gironde. Population 247 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/33255-lucmau

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,181 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 food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.74107.41
Housing mix0.6153.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RENNESSON PHILIPON OLIVIER). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant1RENNESSON PHILIPON OLIVIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 256 2023: 247 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 210 (2012) → 247 (2023): 17.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 199 (1990) → 247 (2023): 24.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 145, of which 19.3 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 5.9 km NE (Bernos-Beaulac)GP — 5.9 km NE (Bernos-Beaulac)Bakery — 6.0 km NE (Bernos-Beaulac)Pharmacy — 6.0 km NE (Bernos-Beaulac)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.9 km NEGP — 5.9 km NEBakery — 6.0 km NEPharmacy — 6.0 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 (Bernos-Beaulac): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bernos-Beaulac): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Bernos-Beaulac): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bernos-Beaulac): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Lucmau): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CAPTIEUX weather station, 6.5 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 79 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at CAZATS, 16.6 km away at 114 m, over 23 summers. [10]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CAPTIEUX, 6.5 km away at 96 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33255/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33255/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33255/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33255/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33046
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33255
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Juif71499 km NE24827Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Vivans42391 km NE24223.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Montjoie-Saint-Martin50472 km N25023.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Livers-Cazelles81187 km E23929.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Paulin24150 km NE24623.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Eulalie15229 km NE23024.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Paulin24150 km NE24623.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Livers-Cazelles81187 km E23929.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Eulalie15229 km NE23024.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Vivans42391 km NE24223.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Montjoie-Saint-Martin50472 km N25023.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Juif71499 km NE24827Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Lucmau'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
Juif71499 km NE24827Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Cazevieille34333 km E23337.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-Lespinasse82104 km E28420.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges82156 km E27323.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gor4033 km S30821.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Salazac30385 km E22914.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %