Vendays-Montalivet

Gironde · CC Médoc Atlantique · INSEE 33540

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

Served 74.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vendays-Montalivet (INSEE 33540) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Atlantique. Population 2,838 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 74.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 7,450 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	0.74	25	18.4
Social	1	20	19.98
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (ICE CAFFE · L'EPI ET LA COTE · LE FOURNIL DE JUSTINE). ^[3,4]

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

6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU BON COIN · SUPERMARCHE DE L'ATLANTIQUE · PROXI SUPER). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (JOSDIS · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

64 × Restaurant (CHEZ JEANNOT · VANILLA DREAM · GLOBE TROTTER 2). ^[3,4]

12 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT LES CINQ M · LES TONTONS BRINGUEURS · CUBANA BEACH · SAVEURS ESPAGNOLS · LE BISTROT GOURMAND). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VANESSA MARTIN, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS CAMPAGNE, MÉDECIN · LUCIENNE RAMAROSON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES DEUX ECOLES). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (MONTALIVET AP AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE VENDAYS-MONTALIVET). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE DE MONTALIVET). ^[3]

4 × Swimming pool (MONTALIVET PLAGE SUD MONTALIVET · PLAGE DU CHM · PLAGE DE MONTALIVET NORD · PLAGE DE MONTALIVET). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (MARIAU ANNE-MARIE · L' ATELIER DE FIGARO · CHARMILLE). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

5 × Hotel (LES COPAINS D'ABORD · HOTEL DE FRANCE - CHEZ GILLE&MARIKA · HOTEL GRILL LES ACACIAS · LE MARIN · HOTEL EUROPE). ^[3,4]

10 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE L'OCEAN · CAMPING CAMPEOLE · LE MERIN · CAMPING LA CHESNAYS · LE BONHEUR EST DANS LE PRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Fishmonger, 9 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 2 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	ICE CAFFE · L'EPI ET LA COTE · LE FOURNIL DE JUSTINE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	JOGUI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	6	AU BON COIN · SUPERMARCHE DE L'ATLANTIQUE · PROXI SUPER	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	JOSDIS · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	64	CHEZ JEANNOT · VANILLA DREAM · GLOBE TROTTER 2	INSEE BPE 64 / INSEE SIRENE 96 [3,4]
Café / bar	12	RESTAURANT LES CINQ M · LES TONTONS BRINGUEURS · CUBANA BEACH · SAVEURS ESPAGNOLS · LE BISTROT GOURMAND	INSEE SIRENE 12 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	VANESSA MARTIN, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS CAMPAGNE, MÉDECIN · LUCIENNE RAMAROSON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES DEUX ECOLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	MONTALIVET AP AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE VENDAYS-MONTALIVET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE DE MONTALIVET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	4	MONTALIVET PLAGE SUD MONTALIVET · PLAGE DU CHM · PLAGE DE MONTALIVET NORD · PLAGE DE MONTALIVET	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	MARIAU ANNE-MARIE · L' ATELIER DE FIGARO · CHARMILLE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	5	LES COPAINS D'ABORD · HOTEL DE FRANCE - CHEZ GILLE&MARIKA · HOTEL GRILL LES ACACIAS · LE MARIN · HOTEL EUROPE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Campsite	10	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE L'OCEAN · CAMPING CAMPEOLE · LE MERIN · CAMPING LA CHESNAYS · LE BONHEUR EST DANS LE PRE	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,630 2023: 2,838 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,487 (2012) → 2,838 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,681 (1990) → 2,838 (2023): 68.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,575, of which 63.6 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Vendays-Montalivet): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

GP (Vendays-Montalivet): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vendays-Montalivet): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vendays-Montalivet): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 36.8

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VENSAC DAVID weather station, 4.5 km away at 8 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VENDAYS-MONTALIVE, 5.1 km away at 6 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VENSAC DAVID, 4.5 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 — 33540/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/f9c01ee7-0c58-3986-ac27-d47f02a0bfd9— “Marché de Montalivet”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33540/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33540/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33540/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33540
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
Piriac-sur-Mer	44	252 km NW	2,685	63	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Zonza	2A	916 km E	2,989	74	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Soulac-sur-Mer	33	18 km N	3,100	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo	22	375 km N	3,371	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Port-Bail-sur-Mer	50	445 km N	2,520	65.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Pénestin	56	260 km NW	2,085	70.9	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Soulac-sur-Mer	33	18 km N	3,100	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Piriac-sur-Mer	44	252 km NW	2,685	63	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Pénestin	56	260 km NW	2,085	70.9	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo	22	375 km N	3,371	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Port-Bail-sur-Mer	50	445 km N	2,520	65.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Zonza	2A	916 km E	2,989	74	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · 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 Vendays-Montalivet'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
Longeville-sur-Mer	85	123 km N	2,625	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Argentonnay	79	187 km N	3,234	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Savinien	17	65 km NE	2,460	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Vigen	87	188 km E	2,310	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc	33	8.5 km N	1,846	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ger	64	247 km S	2,137	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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