Vérac

Gironde · CC du Fronsadais · INSEE 33542

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

Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vérac (INSEE 33542) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Fronsadais. Population 883 (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/33542-verac

Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 15,072 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.85	10	8.46
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LEO DROUYN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VERAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VÉRAC). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU COLLEGE DE VERAC). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	COLLEGE LEO DROUYN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	VERAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VÉRAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DU COLLEGE DE VERAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 550 peak 2017: 923 2023: 883 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 877 (2012) → 883 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 656 (1990) → 883 (2023): 34.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 389, of which 1.3 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km SEGP — 3.6 km WBakery — 3.9 km NWPharmacy — 4.1 km SW 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 (Val de Virvée): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vérac): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Lande-de-Fronsac): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Lande-de-Fronsac): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vérac): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.4

Muggy days a summer 15▸

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-DU-BO weather station, 8.1 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-BO, 8.1 km away at 66 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-BO, 8.1 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33542/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33542/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33542/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33542/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33542
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33219
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
Villechenève	69	382 km E	922	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Cudos	33	68 km S	793	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Monferran-Savès	32	187 km SE	790	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze	38	472 km E	754	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Blancafort	18	358 km NE	998	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 14 %
Prailles-La Couarde	79	148 km N	929	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cudos	33	68 km S	793	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Prailles-La Couarde	79	148 km N	929	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 %
Monferran-Savès	32	187 km SE	790	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Blancafort	18	358 km NE	998	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 14 %
Villechenève	69	382 km E	922	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze	38	472 km E	754	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Vérac'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
Maslacq	64	175 km S	891	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Germignac	17	65 km N	653	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Baigts-de-Béarn	64	169 km S	855	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Mimbaste	40	158 km S	1,001	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cagnotte	40	166 km S	784	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Périssac	33	3.6 km NE	1,184	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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