Salaunes

Gironde · CC Médullienne · INSEE 33494

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salaunes (INSEE 33494) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médullienne. Population 1,260 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 52 % of the 12,947 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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]

2 × Restaurant (MAX · LES PEPETTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SALAUNES AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	MAX · LES PEPETTES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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	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	1	SALAUNES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 342 2023: 1,260 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 837 (2012) → 1,260 (2023): 50.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 561 (1990) → 1,260 (2023): 124.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 493, of which 1 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km NWGP — 5.1 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 km NW 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 (Sainte-Hélène): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Salaunes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Hélène): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Hélène): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Salaunes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

Muggy days a summer 7.4

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 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SALAUNES weather station, 0.2 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE TEMPLE, 11.7 km away at 43 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 993 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SALAUNES, 0.2 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33494/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33494/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33494/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33494/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33417
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33494
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
Cormeilles-en-Vexin	95	513 km NE	1,297	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Messy	77	522 km NE	1,219	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Toutlemonde	49	236 km N	1,305	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion	26	453 km E	1,091	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Neufmoutiers-en-Brie	77	509 km NE	1,338	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Charentay	69	448 km E	1,273	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Toutlemonde	49	236 km N	1,305	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Charentay	69	448 km E	1,273	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion	26	453 km E	1,091	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Neufmoutiers-en-Brie	77	509 km NE	1,338	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Cormeilles-en-Vexin	95	513 km NE	1,297	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Messy	77	522 km NE	1,219	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · 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 Salaunes'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
Charentay	69	448 km E	1,273	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léon	31	256 km SE	1,265	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Dracé	69	456 km E	1,212	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Adé	65	210 km S	856	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles	71	458 km E	1,131	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Lancié	69	453 km E	1,101	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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