Virsac

Gironde · CC du Grand Cubzaguais · INSEE 33553

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

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Virsac (INSEE 33553) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Grand Cubzaguais. Population 1,304 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/33553-virsac

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 12,661 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	5	0
Population trend	0.91	10	9.08
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE VIRSAC). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (GALLOPIN · LE SAREVE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU BERDAT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF'KA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE VIRSAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	GALLOPIN · LE SAREVE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU BERDAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	COIFF'KA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 341 2023: 1,304 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,035 (2012) → 1,304 (2023): 26 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 926 (1990) → 1,304 (2023): 40.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 509, of which 0.2 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km NWPharmacy — 1.9 km SWGP — 2.2 km NE 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 (Virsac): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Laurent-d'Arce): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Peujard): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gervais): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Virsac): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.1

Days at or below 0 °C 27.4

Muggy days a summer 7.1

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST GERVAIS weather station, 2.5 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST GERVAIS, 2.5 km away at 42 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST GERVAIS, 2.5 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33553/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33553/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33553/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33553/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33553
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33425
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33415
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
Buhl-Lorraine	57	704 km NE	1,204	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %
Bressolles	01	442 km E	1,028	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Courmelles	02	558 km NE	1,808	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Otterswiller	67	722 km NE	1,309	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Méréville	54	639 km NE	1,288	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Lachassagne	69	412 km E	1,332	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lachassagne	69	412 km E	1,332	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Bressolles	01	442 km E	1,028	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Courmelles	02	558 km NE	1,808	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Méréville	54	639 km NE	1,288	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Buhl-Lorraine	57	704 km NE	1,204	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %
Otterswiller	67	722 km NE	1,309	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · 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 Virsac'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
Vieille-Toulouse	31	225 km SE	1,230	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	8.4 km SE	1,336	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gervais	33	2.2 km SW	1,983	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Arbanats	33	39 km S	1,357	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pechbusque	31	225 km SE	975	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Agnos	64	208 km S	1,044	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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