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Rauzan

Gironde · CC Castillon/Pujols · INSEE 33350

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

Served 60/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rauzan (INSEE 33350) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Castillon/Pujols. Population 1,247 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33350-rauzan

Vitality score

Vitality score 60/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 12,990 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 food0.522513.03
Social0.72014.09
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.78107.75
Housing mix0.9354.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 of 3
Lodging 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON CAMAEL · LA RAUZANNE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE RAUZANNAISE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SUPER). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CABANE PIZZA · LA MAISON · E.M.G). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA GRAND RUE). [4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE MARTIN). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMILIE PALLUD, MÉDECIN · MARIE GOUTTIERE-COWLEY, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE GRANIER THOLLIEZ, MÉDECIN · LISA PARRET, MÉDECIN · NORDINE FATTANI, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL LARBODIE CARLES). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE PIERRE MARTIN). [3]

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

5 × Hairdresser (COULEURS ET FORMES · CELINE COIFF · M BARBER LOUNGE · JB-JBC). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU VIEUX CHATEAU). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3MAISON CAMAEL · LA RAUZANNEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE RAUZANNAISEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PROXI SUPERINSEE 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]
Restaurant3CABANE PIZZA · LA MAISON · E.M.GINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar2CAFE DE LA GRAND RUEINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE PIERRE MARTININSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5EMILIE PALLUD, MÉDECIN · MARIE GOUTTIERE-COWLEY, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE GRANIER THOLLIEZ, MÉDECIN · LISA PARRET, MÉDECIN · NORDINE FATTANI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1SELARL LARBODIE CARLESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COLLEGE PIERRE MARTININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE DE RAUZANINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser5COULEURS ET FORMES · CELINE COIFF · M BARBER LOUNGE · JB-JBCINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite1CAMPING DU VIEUX CHATEAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 858 2023: 1,247 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,181 (2012) → 1,247 (2023): 5.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 978 (1990) → 1,247 (2023): 27.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 667, of which 3.3 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Rauzan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rauzan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Rauzan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Rauzan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Rauzan): 0 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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the SAUVETERRE-DE-G weather station, 9.3 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 67 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 10.6 km away at 82 m, over 23 summers. [9]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at SAUVETERRE-DE-G, 9.3 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33350/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33350/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33350/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33350/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33350
  9. 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
Cercié69403 km NE1,13154.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Angerville-l'Orcher76536 km N1,39560.5ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Serrières07389 km E1,09550.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Maroilles59663 km NE1,45457.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Lachapelle-aux-Pots60541 km N1,51243.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Brûlon72355 km N1,54960.7ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Brûlon72355 km N1,54960.7ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Serrières07389 km E1,09550.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Cercié69403 km NE1,13154.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Angerville-l'Orcher76536 km N1,39560.5ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Lachapelle-aux-Pots60541 km N1,51243.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Maroilles59663 km NE1,45457.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Rauzan'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
Auros3332 km S1,07258.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Belpech11231 km SE1,34346.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Sauve3315 km W1,58958.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clar32122 km SE1,06256.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre65186 km S1,14440Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Monségur3322 km SE1,57957.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %