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Saint-Morillon

Gironde · CC de Montesquieu · INSEE 33454

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

Partly served 44.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Morillon (INSEE 33454) is in Gironde (33), part of CC de Montesquieu. Population 1,834 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33454-saint-morillon

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 10,178 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.592011.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA DELLA NONNA · LTE · ROTISSERIE GASCONNE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES QUATRE SAISONS). [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MORILLON LPA RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ST MORILLON). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE 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]
Restaurant3PIZZERIA DELLA NONNA · LTE · ROTISSERIE GASCONNEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES QUATRE SAISONSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE SAINT MORILLONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT MORILLON LPA RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ST MORILLONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 507 2023: 1,834 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,542 (2012) → 1,834 (2023): 18.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 846 (1990) → 1,834 (2023): 116.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 766, of which 1.7 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.8 km NE (Saint-Selve)GP — 3.0 km NE (Saint-Selve)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.8 km NEGP — 3.0 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 (Saint-Selve): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Morillon): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Selve): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Morillon): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Morillon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CABANAC ET VILL weather station, 9.8 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 19 m. [10]

The village sits 53 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CADAUJAC-INRAE, 12.3 km away at 25 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CABANAC ET VILL, 6.2 km away at 45 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33454/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33454/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33454/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33454/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33474
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33454
  10. 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
Yzernay49264 km N1,85541.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Champtocé-sur-Loire49308 km N1,82947.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 70 %
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem62711 km N1,37641.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Martigné-sur-Mayenne53394 km N1,90248.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Plouider29527 km NW1,80940.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Belcodène13505 km E2,00943Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Yzernay49264 km N1,85541.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Champtocé-sur-Loire49308 km N1,82947.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 70 %
Martigné-sur-Mayenne53394 km N1,90248.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Belcodène13505 km E2,00943Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Plouider29527 km NW1,80940.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem62711 km N1,37641.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 100 % · 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-Morillon'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
Dieupentale82166 km SE1,65541.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Montans81209 km SE1,55845Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Gardouch31224 km SE1,37044.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Briatexte81217 km SE1,93853.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vinça66331 km SE2,26051.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Rieux-Volvestre31206 km SE2,63962.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %