Soussans

Gironde · CC Médoc Estuaire · INSEE 33517

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

Few services 35.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soussans (INSEE 33517) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Estuaire. Population 1,719 (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/33517-soussans

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 10,617 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.71
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE FAVIN). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (CROQ'FOOD · PIZZA BONICI · L'ATELIER DE LAURENT · FIRMIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOUSSANS RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (PEREZ TATIANA · LADY'S DESS · LE SALON D'ALEXIA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	BOUCHERIE FAVIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	4	CROQ'FOOD · PIZZA BONICI · L'ATELIER DE LAURENT · FIRMIN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	SOUSSANS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	PEREZ TATIANA · LADY'S DESS · LE SALON D'ALEXIA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 918 2023: 1,719 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,555 (2012) → 1,719 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,352 (1990) → 1,719 (2023): 27.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 777, of which 2.2 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km SEGP — 2.1 km SPharmacy — 2.5 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 (Margaux-Cantenac): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soussans): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Margaux-Cantenac): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Margaux-Cantenac): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soussans): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 21.2

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PAUILLAC-SUD weather station, 15.4 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PAUILLAC-SUD, 15.4 km away at 19 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT MEDOC, 14.1 km away at 8 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 — 33517/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33517/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33517/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33517/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33268
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33517
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
La Houssaye-en-Brie	77	493 km NE	1,731	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 36 %
Baldenheim	67	721 km NE	1,254	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 43 %
Vasselay	18	334 km NE	1,579	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Crottet	01	455 km E	1,847	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Bourg-Saint-Christophe	01	466 km E	1,562	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 38 % · humidity 50 %
Herrlisheim-près-Colmar	68	696 km NE	1,911	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vasselay	18	334 km NE	1,579	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Crottet	01	455 km E	1,847	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Bourg-Saint-Christophe	01	466 km E	1,562	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 38 % · humidity 50 %
La Houssaye-en-Brie	77	493 km NE	1,731	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 36 %
Herrlisheim-près-Colmar	68	696 km NE	1,911	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 43 %
Baldenheim	67	721 km NE	1,254	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Soussans'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
Cussac-Fort-Médoc	33	6.8 km N	2,279	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Avignonet-Lauragais	31	273 km SE	1,573	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Barcelonne-du-Gers	32	155 km S	1,401	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Lamarque	33	4.7 km N	1,335	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cars	33	10 km NE	1,227	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Paillet	33	49 km SE	1,175	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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