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Saint-Germain-du-Puch

Gironde · CA du Libournais · INSEE 33413

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

Partly served 54.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-du-Puch (INSEE 33413) is in Gironde (33), part of CA du Libournais. Population 2,304 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33413-saint-germain-du-puch

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 8,725 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 food0.39259.75
Social0.592011.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.77107.71
Housing mix0.9954.93

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 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BANETTE · LE PAIN DORE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (JDB NUTRITION ET COACHING). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L'ATMOSPHERE · SODARES). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN RENAUD-DANDICOLLE). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE SARRADE, MÉDECIN · AYMERIC MARTRE, MÉDECIN · CECILE BROQUERE-SENECHAU, MÉDECIN · MAXIME FILLAUDEAU, MÉDECIN · ANNE MALEYRAN, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DOUBLET). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT GERMAIN DU PUCH). [3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE SAINT GERMAIN DU PUCH). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3BANETTE · LE PAIN DOREINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1JDB NUTRITION ET COACHINGINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR CONTACTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3L'ATMOSPHERE · SODARESINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN RENAUD-DANDICOLLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5CATHERINE SARRADE, MÉDECIN · AYMERIC MARTRE, MÉDECIN · CECILE BROQUERE-SENECHAU, MÉDECIN · MAXIME FILLAUDEAU, MÉDECIN · ANNE MALEYRAN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DOUBLETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT GERMAIN DU PUCHINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE SAINT GERMAIN DU PUCHINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,281 2023: 2,304 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,165 (2012) → 2,304 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,813 (1990) → 2,304 (2023): 27.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,073, of which 0.7 % second homes and 6.6 % 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 (Saint-Germain-du-Puch): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-du-Puch): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Germain-du-Puch): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-du-Puch): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-du-Puch): 0.1 km to the north (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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the BEYCHAC ET CAIL weather station, 2.5 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 61 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ST EMILION, 12.5 km away at 38 m, over 19 summers. [9]

An average of 815 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at BEYCHAC ET CAIL, 2.5 km away at 40 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 — 33413/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33413/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33413/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33413/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33413
  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
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche57740 km NE2,30156.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %
Selongey21521 km NE2,39544.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
La Chapelle-la-Reine77444 km NE2,17054.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Amour39474 km NE2,34960.8ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux86190 km NE2,26359.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Artenay45396 km NE1,99750.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lussac-les-Châteaux86190 km NE2,26359.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Artenay45396 km NE1,99750.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
La Chapelle-la-Reine77444 km NE2,17054.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Amour39474 km NE2,34960.8ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Selongey21521 km NE2,39544.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche57740 km NE2,30156.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · 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-du-Puch'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-Médard-d'Eyrans3321 km SW3,40943.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Mothe-Saint-Héray79168 km N1,65256.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Rion-des-Landes40113 km SW3,14239.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne3326 km SE1,88559.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cavignac3328 km N2,37273.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières69410 km E2,26461.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %