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Saint-Germain-de-Grave

Gironde · CC du Sud Gironde · INSEE 33411

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-de-Grave (INSEE 33411) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Sud Gironde. Population 144 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/33411-saint-germain-de-grave

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 13,781 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.49104.93
Housing mix0.9554.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 193 2023: 144 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 148 (2012) → 144 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 144 (2023): -0.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 76, of which 2.6 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 2.7 km SW (Semens)Primary school — 2.9 km N (Mourens)Bakery — 3.0 km S (Verdelais)Food shop — 3.2 km SE (Saint-André-du-Bois)Pharmacy — 5.2 km NE (Gornac)
GP — 2.7 km SWPrimary school — 2.9 km NBakery — 3.0 km SFood shop — 3.2 km SEPharmacy — 5.2 km NE 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 (Verdelais): 3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-André-du-Bois): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Semens): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Gornac): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Mourens): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). [12]

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the ST-LOUBERT weather station, 8.4 km away at 34 m; the village itself is at 100 m. [13]

The village sits 66 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. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 10.3 km away at 82 m, over 23 summers. [13]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at ST-LOUBERT, 8.4 km away at 34 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33411/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33411/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33411/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33411/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33543
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33367
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33510
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33189
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33299
  13. 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
Villeporcher41348 km N14612.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Écuélin59693 km NE14513.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Caprais32140 km SE14816.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Falga31209 km SE14117.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-Lalande2455 km NE14913.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Prunet31195 km SE15315.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Sauveur-Lalande2455 km NE14913.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Caprais32140 km SE14816.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Prunet31195 km SE15315.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Falga31209 km SE14117.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Villeporcher41348 km N14612.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Écuélin59693 km NE14513.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · 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 Saint-Germain-de-Grave'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
Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes17100 km N14311.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saman31172 km SE14311.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Haulies32138 km SE15217.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ladiville16100 km N13511.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Labarthe32143 km SE14810.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Montgazin31190 km SE16415No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %