Sainte-Colombe

Gironde · CC Castillon/Pujols · INSEE 33390

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

Few services 35.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Colombe (INSEE 33390) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Castillon/Pujols. Population 423 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,939 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.72
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE GASCOGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LE RELAIS DE GASCOGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 278 peak 2012: 478 2023: 423 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 478 (2012) → 423 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 361 (1990) → 423 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 8.6 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km SFood shop — 2.1 km NGP — 2.2 km SPharmacy — 2.9 km S 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-Magne-de-Castillon): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Genès-de-Castillon): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Magne-de-Castillon): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Castillon-la-Bataille): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainte-Colombe): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.2

Days at or below 0 °C 32.6

Muggy days a summer 4.2

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST EMILION weather station, 10.8 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST EMILION, 10.8 km away at 38 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 801 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST EMILION, 10.8 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33390/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33390/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33390/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33390/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33437
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33406
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33390
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Amand	23	215 km NE	449	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Adrien	22	465 km NW	376	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Orincles	65	195 km S	364	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Le Titre	80	607 km N	332	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Gondreville	45	409 km NE	340	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Fuans	25	570 km NE	473	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Orincles	65	195 km S	364	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Amand	23	215 km NE	449	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Gondreville	45	409 km NE	340	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Adrien	22	465 km NW	376	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Fuans	25	570 km NE	473	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Le Titre	80	607 km N	332	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Sainte-Colombe'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cambes	46	161 km E	343	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Turquant	49	261 km N	566	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Fabras	07	344 km E	467	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Courant	17	135 km N	445	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ozon	07	384 km E	382	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Gemme	79	226 km N	407	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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