Sauternes

Gironde · CC du Sud Gironde · INSEE 33504

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

Served 60.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sauternes (INSEE 33504) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Sud Gironde. Population 788 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/33504-sauternes

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 15,709 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.81	20	16.25
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.84	10	8.38
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (SARL TROIS PETITS POINTS · L'ECHO-PAINS). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LA CHAPELLE · EPICERIES TERRES DE NATURES · LES GRANGES DE SAUTERNES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE JARDIN DE MARIE). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMMANUEL DORVIL, MÉDECIN · LAURE DALONGEVILLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAUTERNES). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (HOTEL LE 23 · RELAIS DU CHATEAU D ARCHE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SARL TROIS PETITS POINTS · L'ECHO-PAINS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	5	LA CHAPELLE · EPICERIES TERRES DE NATURES · LES GRANGES DE SAUTERNES	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE JARDIN DE MARIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	EMMANUEL DORVIL, MÉDECIN · LAURE DALONGEVILLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAUTERNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAUTERNES 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL LE 23 · RELAIS DU CHATEAU D ARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 582 peak 2017: 790 2023: 788 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 752 (2012) → 788 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 589 (1990) → 788 (2023): 33.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 398, of which 6.3 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 6.1 km S 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 (Sauternes): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Noaillan): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sauternes): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sauternes): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sauternes): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30

Days at or below 0 °C 28.4

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAUTERNES weather station, 2 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAUTERNES, 2 km away at 65 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAUTERNES, 2 km away at 65 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33504/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33504/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33504/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33504/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33504
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33307
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
Huppy	80	631 km N	749	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Papoul	11	233 km SE	835	50.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Margut	08	704 km NE	700	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Aulaire	19	157 km NE	773	56.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 43 %
Andelot-Blancheville	52	598 km NE	799	52.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 20 % · humidity 36 %
Foucarmont	76	609 km N	816	60.9	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aulaire	19	157 km NE	773	56.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Papoul	11	233 km SE	835	50.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Andelot-Blancheville	52	598 km NE	799	52.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 20 % · humidity 36 %
Foucarmont	76	609 km N	816	60.9	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %
Huppy	80	631 km N	749	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Margut	08	704 km NE	700	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Sauternes'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
Pérignac	17	122 km N	965	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Prayssas	47	73 km E	993	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lafitte-sur-Lot	47	65 km E	832	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aubiet	32	133 km SE	1,134	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mazerolles	64	121 km S	1,194	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Varès	47	57 km E	655	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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