Soulac-sur-Mer

Gironde · CC Médoc Atlantique · INSEE 33514

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

Partly served 57.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soulac-sur-Mer (INSEE 33514) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Atlantique. Population 3,100 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/33514-soulac-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 83 % of the 6,940 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	0.66	25	16.48
Social	0.95	20	18.93
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.61	10	6.11
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 2 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON BON · CHILL ET LULU · MARINE & CHARLES). ^[3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE X.LACLAVERIE · COFA · BOUCHERIE SOULACAISE · PORCQUOI PAS). ^[3,4]

5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FOIE GRAS QUILLOT · THEBO · DESAUW JEAN-RENAUD · AUX DELICES DE L AMELIE · L'ESSENTIEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (L'ENTRE DEUX O · LA POISSONNERIE SOULACAISE). ^[3,4]

27 × Restaurant (NAUTILUS SARL · MARTINE A LA PLAGE · LE FAST · SARL LA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

9 × Café / bar (LE PUB · BASIC BAZAR · LE FLOREAL · LE COMPTOIR DU VIN). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GEORGES MANDEL). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD ODDOS, MÉDECIN · MARC-ÉRIC NOEL, MÉDECIN · GILLES DERAEDT, MÉDECIN · JULIE BATANERO-DERAEDT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SOULAC SUR MER). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (OCEANIC). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

4 × Swimming pool (L AMELIE SITE DE SURF · PLAGE CENTRALE BA · PLAGE NORD BA · PLAGE SUD). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · BNP PARIBAS · SOULAC). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (MARION B · LA PASSION D'AMANDINE · L'ATELIER DE JUSTINE). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Hotel (HOTEL MICHELET PLAGE · HOTEL LE NEPTUNE · HOTEL L'ECUME DES JOURS ET LE RESTAURANT LA TABLE CORTO · HOTEL DES PINS). ^[3,4]

9 × Campsite (CAMPING LES GENETS · CAMPING LES OYATS · LE DOMAINE DE SOULAC · CAMPING PARADIS DES PINS · YELLOH! VILLAGE DOMAINE LES CARRELETS DE SOULAC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Fishmonger, 8 × Restaurant, 3 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	MAISON BON · CHILL ET LULU · MARINE & CHARLES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	4	BOUCHERIE X.LACLAVERIE · COFA · BOUCHERIE SOULACAISE · PORCQUOI PAS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	5	FOIE GRAS QUILLOT · THEBO · DESAUW JEAN-RENAUD · AUX DELICES DE L AMELIE · L'ESSENTIEL	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2	L'ENTRE DEUX O · LA POISSONNERIE SOULACAISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant	27	NAUTILUS SARL · MARTINE A LA PLAGE · LE FAST · SARL LA PIZZA	INSEE BPE 27 / INSEE SIRENE 57 [3,4]
Café / bar	9	LE PUB · BASIC BAZAR · LE FLOREAL · LE COMPTOIR DU VIN	INSEE SIRENE 9 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE GEORGES MANDEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	BERNARD ODDOS, MÉDECIN · MARC-ÉRIC NOEL, MÉDECIN · GILLES DERAEDT, MÉDECIN · JULIE BATANERO-DERAEDT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L OCEAN	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SOULAC SUR MER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	OCEANIC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	4	L AMELIE SITE DE SURF · PLAGE CENTRALE BA · PLAGE NORD BA · PLAGE SUD	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · BNP PARIBAS · SOULAC	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	3	MARION B · LA PASSION D'AMANDINE · L'ATELIER DE JUSTINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	4	HOTEL MICHELET PLAGE · HOTEL LE NEPTUNE · HOTEL L'ECUME DES JOURS ET LE RESTAURANT LA TABLE CORTO · HOTEL DES PINS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Campsite	9	CAMPING LES GENETS · CAMPING LES OYATS · LE DOMAINE DE SOULAC · CAMPING PARADIS DES PINS · YELLOH! VILLAGE DOMAINE LES CARRELETS DE SOULAC	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,198 2023: 3,100 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,531 (2012) → 3,100 (2023): 22.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,790 (1990) → 3,100 (2023): 11.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,212, of which 68.4 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Pharmacy Primary school — 1.1 km SGP — 1.1 km SE 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 (Soulac-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soulac-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Soulac-sur-Mer): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Soulac-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soulac-sur-Mer): 1.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.5

Days at or below 0 °C 15.8▸

Muggy days a summer 4.9

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE VERDON-SUR-M weather station, 7 km away at 6 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VENDAYS-MONTALIVE, 15.2 km away at 6 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE VERDON-SUR-M, 7 km away at 6 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33514/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33514/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33514/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33514/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33514
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
Zonza	2A	927 km SE	2,989	74	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo	22	357 km N	3,371	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Vendays-Montalivet	33	18 km S	2,838	74.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Piriac-sur-Mer	44	234 km NW	2,685	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Pénestin	56	242 km NW	2,085	70.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Dolus-d'Oléron	17	45 km N	3,199	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vendays-Montalivet	33	18 km S	2,838	74.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Dolus-d'Oléron	17	45 km N	3,199	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Piriac-sur-Mer	44	234 km NW	2,685	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Pénestin	56	242 km NW	2,085	70.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo	22	357 km N	3,371	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Zonza	2A	927 km SE	2,989	74	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · 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 Soulac-sur-Mer'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
Meschers-sur-Gironde	17	14 km E	3,180	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bretignolles-sur-Mer	85	136 km NW	5,344	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Brem-sur-Mer	85	133 km NW	2,993	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Les Mathes	17	22 km N	2,180	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	73 km N	2,483	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Plaine-sur-Mer	44	198 km NW	4,760	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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