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Pujols

Gironde · CC Castillon/Pujols · INSEE 33344

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

Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pujols (INSEE 33344) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Castillon/Pujols. Population 524 (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/33344-pujols

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,685 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.41104.14
Housing mix0.8154.04

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 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SNC VERBRUGGHE LAPORTE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA FIORENTINA · CHEZ SYLVIE BY MALVINA). [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KARINE PLADYS, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PUJOLS). [3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE DE PUJOLS). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE MAEVA · LE BOL D'HAIR...). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [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)1SNC VERBRUGGHE LAPORTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2LA FIORENTINA · CHEZ SYLVIE BY MALVINAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1KARINE PLADYS, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PUJOLS APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PUJOLSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE DE PUJOLSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser3LE SALON DE MAEVA · LE BOL D'HAIR...INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
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: 534 peak 1999: 604 2023: 524 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 594 (2012) → 524 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 573 (1990) → 524 (2023): -8.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 324, of which 9.6 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.5 km W (Saint-Pey-de-Castets)Pharmacy — 5.1 km N (Castillon-la-Bataille)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.5 km WPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Saint-Pey-de-Castets): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pujols): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Pujols): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Castillon-la-Bataille): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Pujols): 0 km to the north-west (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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAUVETERRE-DE-G weather station, 13.2 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 67 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 15.5 km away at 82 m, over 23 summers. [11]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SAUVETERRE-DE-G, 13.2 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

39 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 180,000 € — 1,330 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Gironde is 2,989 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33344/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33344/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33344/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33344/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33460
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33344
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33108
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Manzac-sur-Vern2458 km NE53540Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Perthus66350 km SE55541.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson51554 km NE47038Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Ramerupt10528 km NE41741.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Puycasquier32133 km SE42038.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Igornay71422 km NE51537.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 26 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Manzac-sur-Vern2458 km NE53540Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Puycasquier32133 km SE42038.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Le Perthus66350 km SE55541.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Igornay71422 km NE51537.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 26 % · humidity 57 %
Ramerupt10528 km NE41741.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson51554 km NE47038Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Pujols'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
Manzac-sur-Vern2458 km NE53540Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rabier24101 km NE53833.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Morizès3322 km S52731.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Arengosse40108 km SW71150Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Valeyrac3394 km NW55237.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Asques3334 km NW44029.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %