Saint-Estèphe

Gironde · CC Médoc Coeur de Presqu'île · INSEE 33395

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

Partly served 45.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Estèphe (INSEE 33395) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Coeur de Presqu'île. Population 1,638 (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/33395-saint-estephe

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 10,965 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.35	10	3.54
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SMALL PATISSERIE). ^[3]

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

5 × Restaurant (LA RAFFINERIE · LA CHARTREUSE · LA PATATE NOMADE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MICHEL VIDOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT ETIENNE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ESTEPHE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT-ESTÈPHE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (UN TEMPS POUR SOI). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (BEMER - LA MAISON D'ESTOURNEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SMALL PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	5	LA RAFFINERIE · LA CHARTREUSE · LA PATATE NOMADE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MICHEL VIDOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT ETIENNE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	SAINT ESTEPHE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT-ESTÈPHE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	UN TEMPS POUR SOI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	BEMER - LA MAISON D'ESTOURNEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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: 2,171 peak 1975: 2,317 2023: 1,638 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,650 (2012) → 1,638 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,918 (1990) → 1,638 (2023): -14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,000, of which 4.1 % second homes and 19.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km NBakery — 2.9 km SWGP — 5.5 km SWPharmacy — 5.5 km SW 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-Estèphe): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Estèphe): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cissac-Médoc): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cissac-Médoc): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Estèphe): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 18.4▸

Muggy days a summer 7.1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PAUILLAC weather station, 5.1 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC, 5.1 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 842 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PAUILLAC, 5.1 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33395/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33395/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33395/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33395/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33395
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33125
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
Les Ormes	86	218 km NE	1,613	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Montferrat	83	604 km E	1,719	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Malguénac	56	359 km NW	1,857	47	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Berné	56	364 km NW	1,551	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Pédernec	22	417 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Blyes	01	473 km E	1,401	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Ormes	86	218 km NE	1,613	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Malguénac	56	359 km NW	1,857	47	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Berné	56	364 km NW	1,551	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Pédernec	22	417 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Blyes	01	473 km E	1,401	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Montferrat	83	604 km E	1,719	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · 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 Saint-Estèphe'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
Port-d'Envaux	17	64 km N	1,188	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	33	7.9 km SW	1,245	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sévignacq	64	206 km S	805	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Tauriac	33	32 km SE	1,342	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vertheuil	33	5.0 km W	1,339	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Léguillac-de-l'Auche	24	104 km E	968	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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