Saint-Symphorien

Gironde · CC du Sud Gironde · INSEE 33484

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

Partly served 55.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Symphorien (INSEE 33484) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Sud Gironde. Population 1,878 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33484-saint-symphorien

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 10,016 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.45
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 1 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) (LA BOUL... GIRONDINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CORVOISIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (PIZZA LOCA · VBA · LA TRATTORIA · PLANET BURGER FOOD TRUCK · O'GEMME). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS MAURIAC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE BEY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JEAN VAUTRIN). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (LOUANGES COIFFURE · LE BOUDOIR DE FRANCK ET JESS · JENNY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING VERT BORD D'EAU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA BOUL... GIRONDINE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CORVOISIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	PIZZA LOCA · VBA · LA TRATTORIA · PLANET BURGER FOOD TRUCK · O'GEMME	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE FRANCOIS MAURIAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CLAUDE BEY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JEAN VAUTRIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LOUANGES COIFFURE · LE BOUDOIR DE FRANCK ET JESS · JENNY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING VERT BORD D'EAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Wednesday place de la République. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 1,385 2023: 1,878 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,783 (2012) → 1,878 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,396 (1990) → 1,878 (2023): 34.5 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,009, of which 8.2 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 9.9 km EPharmacy — 13.7 km SW 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 (Villandraut): 9.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Saint-Symphorien): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

GP (Saint-Symphorien): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Sore): 13.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Saint-Symphorien): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.1

Days at or below 0 °C 65.7

Muggy days a summer 11▸

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST-SYMPHORIENJ weather station, 5.8 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at SAUTERNES, 18.3 km away at 65 m, over 22 summers. ^[13]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-SYMPHORIEN, 0.1 km away at 54 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33484/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://mairie-saint-symphorien-gironde.fr/marche-hebdomadaire/— “Le marché de Saint-Symphorien se tient tous les mercredis matin”
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/2a49e5c4-aa00-32e9-ba4f-c2c0e29f8a8f— “Marché de Saint Symphorien le mercredi.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33484/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33484/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33484/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33547
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33484
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40307
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
Hauterives	26	445 km E	1,904	58.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Lurcy-Lévis	03	370 km NE	1,821	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Plouzévédé	29	540 km NW	1,897	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 22 % · humidity 29 %
Mailly-le-Camp	10	592 km NE	2,015	53.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 96 %
Seilhac	19	203 km NE	1,805	60.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Réguiny	56	431 km NW	1,955	58.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Seilhac	19	203 km NE	1,805	60.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Lurcy-Lévis	03	370 km NE	1,821	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Réguiny	56	431 km NW	1,955	58.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Hauterives	26	445 km E	1,904	58.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Plouzévédé	29	540 km NW	1,897	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 22 % · humidity 29 %
Mailly-le-Camp	10	592 km NE	2,015	53.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 96 %

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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-Symphorien'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
Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay	42	405 km NE	1,979	61.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mussidan	24	96 km NE	2,771	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Landiras	33	17 km N	2,310	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Aulaye-Puymangou	24	100 km NE	1,450	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Roche-Chalais	24	90 km NE	3,060	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villandraut	33	9.9 km E	1,112	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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