Le Verdon-sur-Mer

Gironde · CC Médoc Atlantique · INSEE 33544

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

Partly served 42.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Verdon-sur-Mer (INSEE 33544) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médoc Atlantique. Population 1,408 (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/33544-le-verdon-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 12,060 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.7	20	13.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.48
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA VAGUE DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SODIVER). ^[3,4]

18 × Restaurant (LE BELEM · LE PONTON · BAR BRASSERIE DE L'ESCALE · LE FACE A FACE · LA CANTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU BON COIN). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENEDICTE LABADIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE VERDON SUR MER LPA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (ASSOCIATION FOYER COMMUNAL BIBLIOTHEQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA SARRETIERE). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE COTE SAUVAGE · PLAGE DE LA CHAMBRETTE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE MALORY · AU BORD DE L'ESTU'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES TERRASSES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE ROYANNAIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 6 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA VAGUE DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	SODIVER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	18	LE BELEM · LE PONTON · BAR BRASSERIE DE L'ESCALE · LE FACE A FACE · LA CANTINE	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 36 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU BON COIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GEORGE POIRIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	BENEDICTE LABADIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE VERDON SUR MER LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ASSOCIATION FOYER COMMUNAL BIBLIOTHEQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA SARRETIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	2	PLAGE COTE SAUVAGE · PLAGE DE LA CHAMBRETTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LE SALON DE MALORY · AU BORD DE L'ESTU'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LES TERRASSES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE ROYANNAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,630 peak 1975: 1,648 2023: 1,408 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,377 (2012) → 1,408 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,344 (1990) → 1,408 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,122, of which 61.1 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.1 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 (Le Verdon-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Verdon-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Verdon-sur-Mer): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Soulac-sur-Mer): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Verdon-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the east (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. ^[10]

Measured at the LE VERDON-SUR-M weather station, 1.5 km away at 6 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VENDAYS-MONTALIVE, 19.3 km away at 6 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE VERDON-SUR-M, 1.5 km away at 6 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 — 33544/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33544/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33544/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33544/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33544
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
Ars-en-Ré	17	82 km NW	1,314	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Montmartin-sur-Mer	50	384 km N	1,425	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Philibert	56	271 km NW	1,575	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
L'Épine	85	184 km NW	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fort-Mahon-Plage	80	568 km N	1,363	60.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Cayeux-sur-Mer	80	549 km N	2,316	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ars-en-Ré	17	82 km NW	1,314	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
L'Épine	85	184 km NW	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Philibert	56	271 km NW	1,575	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Montmartin-sur-Mer	50	384 km N	1,425	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Cayeux-sur-Mer	80	549 km N	2,316	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Fort-Mahon-Plage	80	568 km N	1,363	60.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Le Verdon-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
Préfailles	44	197 km NW	1,321	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Les Mathes	17	20 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	70 km N	2,483	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Meschers-sur-Gironde	17	8.6 km E	3,180	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Brem-sur-Mer	85	132 km NW	2,993	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Lucéram	06	690 km E	1,234	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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