Preignac

Identity

Preignac (INSEE 33337) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Convergence Garonne. Population 2,135 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33337-preignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 9,173 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES PATISSERIES DE GABRIEL). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ AYA · LE 113). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE PRES NIAC · L'ENTRECOEUR · ASSIA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JOSEPHINE BAKER). ^[3]

10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE DUPONT-BISCAYE, MÉDECIN · EMILIE CASSOL, MÉDECIN · LUCILLE DECHANSIAUD, MÉDECIN · ELISE RAVILY, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE DUBOIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PREIGNAC RPU RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MJ LOYAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 2,179 (2012) → 2,135 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,992 (1990) → 2,135 (2023): 7.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,150, of which 3.5 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Barsac): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Preignac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Preignac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Preignac): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Preignac): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAUTERNES weather station, 5.2 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[10]

The village sits 54 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAUTERNES, 5.2 km away at 65 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAUTERNES, 5.2 km away at 65 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 — 33337/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33337/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33337/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33337/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33030
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33337
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024