Saint-Léger-de-Balson

Gironde · CC du Sud Gironde · INSEE 33429

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

Few services 30.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Léger-de-Balson (INSEE 33429) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Sud Gironde. Population 328 (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 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,972 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.87	10	8.72
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 × Café / bar (AUBERGE SAINT CLAIR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AUBERGE SAINT CLAIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 217 peak 2017: 337 2023: 328 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 332 (2012) → 328 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 239 (1990) → 328 (2023): 37.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 4.3 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.5 km WFood shop — 2.1 km WBakery — 8.0 km EPharmacy — 14.7 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 (Villandraut): 8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Symphorien): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Symphorien): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sauternes): 14.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Léger-de-Balson): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.1

Days at or below 0 °C 65.7

Muggy days a summer 11▸

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 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-SYMPHORIENJ weather station, 7.7 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAUTERNES, 16.6 km away at 65 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-SYMPHORIEN, 1.9 km away at 54 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 — 33429/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33429/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33429/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33429/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33547
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33484
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33504
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33429
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
Fagnon	08	705 km NE	339	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Aubiac	33	18 km E	317	32.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sauveur-de-Meilhan	47	37 km E	341	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle	24	97 km NE	311	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Tousson	77	490 km NE	334	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 %
Lieudieu	38	459 km E	345	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aubiac	33	18 km E	317	32.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sauveur-de-Meilhan	47	37 km E	341	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle	24	97 km NE	311	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Lieudieu	38	459 km E	345	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 %
Tousson	77	490 km NE	334	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 %
Fagnon	08	705 km NE	339	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %

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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-Léger-de-Balson'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
Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle	24	97 km NE	311	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Les Lèches	24	92 km NE	389	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Beauronne	24	100 km NE	372	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Bommes	33	15 km NE	459	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Balizac	33	6.4 km N	520	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bourgnac	24	95 km NE	354	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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