Archiac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 69.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Archiac (INSEE 17016) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 773 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17016-archiac
Vitality score
Vitality score 69.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 99 % of the 15,843 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 | 0.71 | 25 | 17.74 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.79 | 10 | 7.91 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.42 | 10 | 4.24 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.62 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PELLETAN · FOURNIL DES DEUX CHARENTES). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PELLETAN). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT REGAL). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ARCHIAC). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE ARLETTE GUIRADO). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GABRIEL HOERTH, MÉDECIN · JULIEN PALLUAU, MÉDECIN · JULIEN BLON, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE COUTURIER). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ARCHIAC LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU CANTON). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ARCHIAC). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (SUBLIM' · LE SALON D'OLIVIER). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MARGOT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | PELLETAN · FOURNIL DES DEUX CHARENTES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | PELLETAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | 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 | 2 | LE P'TIT REGAL | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ARCHIAC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE ARLETTE GUIRADO | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | GABRIEL HOERTH, MÉDECIN · JULIEN PALLUAU, MÉDECIN · JULIEN BLON, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE COUTURIER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ARCHIAC LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE DU CANTON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ARCHIAC | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 2 | SUBLIM' · LE SALON D'OLIVIER | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MARGOT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 797 (2012) → 773 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 837 (1990) → 773 (2023): -7.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 448, of which 3.8 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Archiac): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Archiac): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Archiac): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Archiac): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Archiac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ARCHIAC weather station, 1.4 km away at 56 m; the village itself is at 110 m. [10]
The village sits 54 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ARCHIAC, 1.4 km away at 56 m, over 11 summers. [10]
That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ARCHIAC, 1.4 km away at 56 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17016/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2022-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/429f140e-20eb-3dd5-860b-9cd89f2b6182— “Marché le samedi matin place de la Poste.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17016/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17016/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17016/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17016
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valmont | 76 | 473 km N | 849 | 72.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 66 % |
| Castelnau-Magnoac | 65 | 256 km S | 750 | 71 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 % |
| Belleherbe | 25 | 568 km E | 630 | 65.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 11 % · humidity 29 % |
| Bairon et ses environs | 08 | 584 km NE | 1,037 | 52.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 66 % |
| Lullin | 74 | 535 km E | 809 | 71.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 % |
| La Pacaudière | 42 | 331 km E | 1,088 | 48.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castelnau-Magnoac | 65 | 256 km S | 750 | 71 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Pacaudière | 42 | 331 km E | 1,088 | 48.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Valmont | 76 | 473 km N | 849 | 72.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 66 % |
| Lullin | 74 | 535 km E | 809 | 71.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 % |
| Belleherbe | 25 | 568 km E | 630 | 65.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 11 % · humidity 29 % |
| Bairon et ses environs | 08 | 584 km NE | 1,037 | 52.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 66 % |
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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 Archiac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irissarry | 64 | 262 km S | 870 | 63 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pérignac | 17 | 17 km NW | 965 | 52.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tesson | 17 | 30 km NW | 1,148 | 49.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Habas | 40 | 223 km S | 1,489 | 47.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rabastens-de-Bigorre | 65 | 240 km S | 1,483 | 56.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bordes | 65 | 262 km S | 752 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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