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La Roquille

Gironde · CC du Pays Foyen · INSEE 33360

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

No daily shops 17.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Roquille (INSEE 33360) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Pays Foyen. Population 316 (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/33360-la-roquille

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,916 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.43
Housing mix0.7853.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (NUANCES DE MARINE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1NUANCES DE MARINEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 289 peak 1990: 335 2023: 316 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 317 (2012) → 316 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 335 (1990) → 316 (2023): -5.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 10.8 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 4.0 km N (Pineuilh)Bakery — 4.3 km N (Pineuilh)GP — 4.3 km N (Pineuilh)Pharmacy — 4.4 km N (Pineuilh)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km NBakery — 4.3 km NGP — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 4.4 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 (Pineuilh): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pineuilh): 4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Pineuilh): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pineuilh): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (La Roquille): 0.3 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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LES LEVES THOUM weather station, 2.7 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 88 m. [10]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LES LEVES THOUM, 2.7 km away at 80 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 — 33360/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33360/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33360/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33360/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33324
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33360
  10. 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
Riville76549 km N31319.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 54 %
Wolfskirchen67691 km NE33218.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 96 %
Cambieure11240 km SE32722.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 %
Les Salles-de-Castillon3323 km NW33018No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Mondreville77414 km NE33418.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 %
Lodes31184 km S30821.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Salles-de-Castillon3323 km NW33018No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Lodes31184 km S30821.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 93 %
Cambieure11240 km SE32722.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 %
Mondreville77414 km NE33418.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 %
Riville76549 km N31319.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 54 %
Wolfskirchen67691 km NE33218.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 96 %

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