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Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand

Gironde · Bordeaux Métropole · INSEE 33434

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

Partly served 51.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand (INSEE 33434) is in Gironde (33), part of Bordeaux Métropole. Population 2,051 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/33434-saint-louis-de-montferrand

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 9,449 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.752014.97
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.63106.34
Housing mix0.9854.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE ST LOUIS). [3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (PIZZA SAINT LOUIS · CAMANA 13 · BON APPETIT). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES BORDS DE GARONNE). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES BORDS DE GARONNE). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ORHAN GUVEN, MÉDECIN · LOUIS BETOLAUD DU COLOMBIER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (EURL PHARMACIE DE SAINT LOUIS DE). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-LOUIS-DE-MONTFERRAND). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (VICTORIA COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL DE ST LOUISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1ALSAGAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant4PIZZA SAINT LOUIS · CAMANA 13 · BON APPETITINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE LES BORDS DE GARONNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES BORDS DE GARONNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2ORHAN GUVEN, MÉDECIN · LOUIS BETOLAUD DU COLOMBIER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1EURL PHARMACIE DE SAINT LOUIS DEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-LOUIS-DE-MONTFERRANDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1VICTORIA COIFFUREINSEE 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: 1,165 peak 2017: 2,153 2023: 2,051 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,073 (2012) → 2,051 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,808 (1990) → 2,051 (2023): 13.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 940, of which 1.2 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.8 km S (Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand)Pharmacy — 1.0 km S (Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.8 km SPharmacy — 1.0 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-Louis-de-Montferrand): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand): 1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand): 0 km to the north-east (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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ST GERVAIS weather station, 9.6 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 4 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ST GERVAIS, 9.6 km away at 42 m, over 29 summers. [9]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ST GERVAIS, 9.6 km away at 42 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 — 33434/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33434/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33434/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33434/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33434
  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
Guerville78476 km N2,05246.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Boissy-l'Aillerie95498 km N2,12056.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Grignon73546 km E2,09948.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Jardin38431 km E2,17849.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Fléville-devant-Nancy54655 km NE2,17142.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Longueville77490 km NE1,80449.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Jardin38431 km E2,17849.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Guerville78476 km N2,05246.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Longueville77490 km NE1,80449.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Boissy-l'Aillerie95498 km N2,12056.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Grignon73546 km E2,09948.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Fléville-devant-Nancy54655 km NE2,17142.3Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · 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-Louis-de-Montferrand'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
Noyarey38485 km E2,36543.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Aspremont06632 km E2,34655.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fontanil-Cornillon38488 km E3,40447.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Aiguefonde81279 km SE2,50547.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pompignac3314 km SE3,57743.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Cubzac-les-Ponts336.7 km E2,69354Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %