Saint-Martin-de-Sescas
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Martin-de-Sescas (INSEE 33444) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Réolais en Sud Gironde. Population 558 (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 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 31 % of the 17,427 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.77 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (L'AUTHENTI'C COIFFURE BY ELODIE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | 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 | 2 | L'AUTHENTI'C COIFFURE BY ELODIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 569 (2012) → 558 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 426 (1990) → 558 (2023): 31 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 265, of which 2.3 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Caudrot): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Caudrot): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Caudrot): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Caudrot): 1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Sescas): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-LOUBERT weather station, 2 km away at 34 m; the village itself is at 22 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 12.5 km away at 82 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 60 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-LOUBERT, 2 km away at 34 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 — 33444/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33444/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33444/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33444/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 33111
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 33444
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucbardez-et-Bargues | 40 | 70 km S | 561 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Planaise | 73 | 502 km E | 560 | 24.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 % |
| Laubressel | 10 | 533 km NE | 551 | 24.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 % |
| Montigny-en-Cambrésis | 59 | 669 km N | 552 | 17.4 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Moringhem | 62 | 709 km N | 557 | 25 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 73 % |
| Oberlauterbach | 67 | 793 km NE | 548 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucbardez-et-Bargues | 40 | 70 km S | 561 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Planaise | 73 | 502 km E | 560 | 24.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 % |
| Laubressel | 10 | 533 km NE | 551 | 24.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 % |
| Montigny-en-Cambrésis | 59 | 669 km N | 552 | 17.4 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Moringhem | 62 | 709 km N | 557 | 25 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 73 % |
| Oberlauterbach | 67 | 793 km NE | 548 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · 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-Martin-de-Sescas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puydaniel | 31 | 188 km SE | 575 | 25 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Thomas | 31 | 154 km SE | 627 | 24.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pardon-de-Conques | 33 | 2.9 km SW | 663 | 25 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Siarrouy | 65 | 141 km S | 453 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Balerme | 47 | 88 km SE | 424 | 21.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lagarde | 65 | 142 km S | 530 | 22.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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