Vensac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vensac (INSEE 33541) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Atlantique. Population 1,198 (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/33541-vensac
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 57 % of the 13,212 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.58 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.28 | 5 | 1.42 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [4,3]
4 × Restaurant (LES DELICES DE SONIA M · LE PALMIER BLEU · SAGGIO PIZZA). [4,3]
1 × Café / bar (LE LOFT). [3]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SARAH IUNG-TOUZARD, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VENSAC AP). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (SALON MELI'COIFF). [4,3]
2 × Campsite (YELLOH! VILLAGE CAMPING MEDOC OCEAN · CAMPING DU VIEUX MOULIN). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | LES DELICES DE SONIA M · LE PALMIER BLEU · SAGGIO PIZZA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE LOFT | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | SARAH IUNG-TOUZARD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | VENSAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | SALON MELI'COIFF | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 2 | YELLOH! VILLAGE CAMPING MEDOC OCEAN · CAMPING DU VIEUX MOULIN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 932 (2012) → 1,198 (2023): 28.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 658 (1990) → 1,198 (2023): 82.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 949, of which 35.8 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vensac): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Vensac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Vensac): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 0.4 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, 6.4 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, 0.4 km away at 8 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
115 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 235,000 € — 1,526 € 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
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33541/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33541/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33541/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33541/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 33490
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 33541
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tréveneuc | 22 | 389 km N | 813 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Trédrez-Locquémeau | 22 | 414 km NW | 1,478 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Naujac-sur-Mer | 33 | 16 km S | 1,107 | 44 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thil | 31 | 256 km SE | 1,136 | 40.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 99 % |
| Saint-Simon | 15 | 281 km E | 1,159 | 46 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 27 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cléden-Cap-Sizun | 29 | 403 km NW | 916 | 47.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naujac-sur-Mer | 33 | 16 km S | 1,107 | 44 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thil | 31 | 256 km SE | 1,136 | 40.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 99 % |
| Saint-Simon | 15 | 281 km E | 1,159 | 46 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 27 % · humidity 64 % |
| Tréveneuc | 22 | 389 km N | 813 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cléden-Cap-Sizun | 29 | 403 km NW | 916 | 47.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 % |
| Trédrez-Locquémeau | 22 | 414 km NW | 1,478 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Vensac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naujac-sur-Mer | 33 | 16 km S | 1,107 | 44 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Excenevex | 74 | 582 km E | 1,327 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Courlaoux | 39 | 522 km E | 1,204 | 45.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Corgnac-sur-l'Isle | 24 | 155 km E | 854 | 48.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chargé | 37 | 277 km NE | 1,359 | 41.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Palluau-sur-Indre | 36 | 250 km NE | 785 | 29.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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