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Noaillan

Gironde · CC du Sud Gironde · INSEE 33307

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Noaillan (INSEE 33307) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Sud Gironde. Population 1,717 (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/33307-noaillan

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 47 % of the 10,635 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.39207.77
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8954.43

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 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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) (LES SAVEURS D'ANTAN). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE NOVALIA). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA COUSINE TOY · ILONA). [3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE NOAILLAN). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (ZO' ET COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LES SAVEURS D'ANTANINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LE NOVALIAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3LA COUSINE TOY · ILONAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE SIMONE VEILINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1NOAILLAN APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE NOAILLANINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1ZO' ET COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 779 2023: 1,717 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,597 (2012) → 1,717 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 858 (1990) → 1,717 (2023): 100.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 845, of which 5.7 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.9 km NE (Noaillan)GP — 2.8 km S (Villandraut)Pharmacy — 6.0 km N (Sauternes)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km NEGP — 2.8 km SPharmacy — 6.0 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 (Noaillan): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Noaillan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Villandraut): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sauternes): 6 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Noaillan): 0.4 km to the east (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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BUDOS weather station, 6 km away at 24 m; the village itself is at 34 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at SAUTERNES, 7.9 km away at 65 m, over 22 summers. [11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BUDOS, 6 km away at 24 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 — 33307/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33307/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33307/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33307/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33307
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33547
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33504
  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
Ruminghem62734 km N1,61440.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 74 % · humidity 29 %
Awala-Yalimapo9736,731 km SW1,57743.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 16 %
Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby40109 km SW1,47638.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Lamothe-Montravel2452 km NE1,44334Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Heugas40109 km SW1,39831.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Clément19188 km NE1,38638.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lamothe-Montravel2452 km NE1,44334Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby40109 km SW1,47638.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Heugas40109 km SW1,39831.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Clément19188 km NE1,38638.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 29 %
Ruminghem62734 km N1,61440.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 74 % · humidity 29 %
Awala-Yalimapo9736,731 km SW1,57743.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 16 %

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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 Noaillan'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-Pierre-d'Eyraud2468 km NE1,79536.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Front-de-Pradoux2486 km NE1,14830.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lamonzie-Saint-Martin2472 km NE2,74247.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Douzillac2492 km NE84537.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Villandraut332.4 km S1,11254.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gardonne2468 km NE1,60847.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %