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Saint-Savin

Gironde · CC Latitude Nord Gironde · INSEE 33473

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

Partly served 40/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Savin (INSEE 33473) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Latitude Nord Gironde. Population 3,582 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33473-saint-savin

Vitality score

Vitality score 40/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 6,171 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 food0.2255.12
Social0.43208.53
Education0.22102.21
Health0.22102.21
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9754.83

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 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX TENTATIONS). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ROCANDE SA). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE RIALTO · MIROUX PIZZ · LA POPOTE DE MINA · ROTISSERIE BLAYAISE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN GUILLOT, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BELLEVUE). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE EMILE BODIN). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE DE ST SAVIN). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (FLORENCE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · FOLIE DANS L'HAIR). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2AUX TENTATIONSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1ROCANDE SAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4LE RIALTO · MIROUX PIZZ · LA POPOTE DE MINA · ROTISSERIE BLAYAISEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ALAIN GUILLOT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE BELLEVUEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE EMILE BODININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE POLYVALENTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE DE ST SAVININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser4FLORENCE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE · FOLIE DANS L'HAIRINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,640 2023: 3,582 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,978 (2012) → 3,582 (2023): 20.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,886 (1990) → 3,582 (2023): 89.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,653, of which 1.7 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Savin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Savin): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Savin): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Savin): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Savin): 0.1 km to the north-west (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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ST-SAVIN weather station, 0.5 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 86 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ST-SAVIN, 0.5 km away at 90 m, over 17 summers. [9]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ST-SAVIN, 0.5 km away at 90 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 — 33473/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33473/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33473/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33473/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33473
  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
Rocheservière85216 km N3,59445.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Évarzec29414 km NW3,57447.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Masevaux-Niederbruck68641 km NE3,59455.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 11 % · humidity 50 %
Montussan3329 km S3,62848.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Tulle04515 km E3,55846.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne85206 km NW3,70145.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montussan3329 km S3,62848.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne85206 km NW3,70145.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Rocheservière85216 km N3,59445.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Évarzec29414 km NW3,57447.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Tulle04515 km E3,55846.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Masevaux-Niederbruck68641 km NE3,59455.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 11 % · humidity 50 %

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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-Savin'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
Montussan3329 km S3,62848.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Montendre1716 km N3,22248.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans3347 km S3,40943.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rion-des-Landes40139 km S3,14239.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sallebœuf3333 km S2,76753.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-Médoc3330 km W4,91447.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %