Saint-Michel-de-Lapujade

Identity

Saint-Michel-de-Lapujade (INSEE 33453) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Réolais en Sud Gironde. Population 211 (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/33453-saint-michel-de-lapujade

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 16,263 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA ROULOTTE ROUGE-FRAMBOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 191 (2012) → 211 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 222 (1990) → 211 (2023): -5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 118, of which 4.2 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mongauzy): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamothe-Landerron): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lamothe-Landerron): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lamothe-Landerron): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lamothe-Landerron): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAUVETERRE-DE-G weather station, 18.3 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 89 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST SULPICE DE POMMIERS, 18.8 km away at 82 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAUVETERRE-DE-G, 18.3 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 243,000 € — 1,055 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Gironde is 2,989 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33453/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33453/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33453/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33453/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33287
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33221
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025