Île-d'Aix

Charente-Maritime · CA Rochefort Océan · INSEE 17004

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

Partly served 42.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Île-d'Aix (INSEE 17004) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Rochefort Océan. Population 186 (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/17004-ile-d-aix

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 15,549 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.5	20	10
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.43	10	4.35
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (BOULANGERIE DU FORT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Fishmonger (CHEZ FRANCK). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (CAFE DE L'OCEAN · LES PAILLOTTES · CREPERIE CHEZ FRANCOISE · AIX'PRESS · MARYSOL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE L'ILE D'AIX). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC DELREE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ILE D AIX AP). ^[3]

2 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DU FORT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AIX SERVICES	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	1	CHEZ FRANCK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	10	CAFE DE L'OCEAN · LES PAILLOTTES · CREPERIE CHEZ FRANCOISE · AIX'PRESS · MARYSOL	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE L'ILE D'AIX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARC DELREE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ILE D AIX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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: 207 peak 2012: 241 2023: 186 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 241 (2012) → 186 (2023): -22.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 199 (1990) → 186 (2023): -6.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 434, of which 73 % second homes and 1.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.7 km SE 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 (Île-d'Aix): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Île-d'Aix): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Île-d'Aix): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fouras): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Île-d'Aix): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 15.9▸

Muggy days a summer 6

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ILE-D AIX weather station, 1.5 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-LAURENT PREE-INRAE, 11.6 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ILE-D AIX, 1.5 km away at 10 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 — 17004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17168
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
Aullène	2A	946 km SE	184	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Mérens-les-Vals	09	443 km SE	166	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Centuri	2B	900 km E	175	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Brusque	12	410 km SE	258	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Thorame-Haute	04	643 km E	247	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 3 % · humidity 57 %
Les Salles-sur-Verdon	83	632 km E	236	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brusque	12	410 km SE	258	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Mérens-les-Vals	09	443 km SE	166	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Les Salles-sur-Verdon	83	632 km E	236	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Thorame-Haute	04	643 km E	247	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 3 % · humidity 57 %
Centuri	2B	900 km E	175	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Aullène	2A	946 km SE	184	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Île-d'Aix'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
La Porta	2B	928 km E	187	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Ceilhes-et-Rocozels	34	417 km SE	242	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Cricqueville-en-Auge	14	369 km N	185	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Galez	65	338 km S	181	12.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Courmes	06	692 km E	109	14.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Beuvron-en-Auge	14	363 km N	203	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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