La Sauve

Identity

La Sauve (INSEE 33505) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Créonnais. Population 1,589 (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/33505-la-sauve

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 11,215 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

6 × Restaurant (L'AIGUILLAGE · MC DONALD'S · RICO PIZZE · FRIENDS CAFE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOSEPH AHOUANDJINOU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA SAUVE MAJEURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA SAUVE MAJEURE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (INTUI'TIF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,423 (2012) → 1,589 (2023): 11.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,100 (1990) → 1,589 (2023): 44.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 697, of which 1.6 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Créon): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Sauve): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Sauve): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Créon): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Sauve): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CURSAN weather station, 3.9 km away at 94 m; the village itself is at 80 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LATRESNE-INRAE, 13.3 km away at 64 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 851 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CURSAN, 3.9 km away at 94 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

80 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 230,000 € — 2,304 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Gironde is 2,989 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33505/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33505/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33505/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33505/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33140
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33505
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025