Ardillières
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 42.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ardillières (INSEE 17018) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 890 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17018-ardillieres
Vitality score
Vitality score 42.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 15,036 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 | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.13 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API ARDILLIERES). [4,3]
2 × Restaurant. [4,3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ARDILLIERES). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [4]
2 × Hairdresser. [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | API ARDILLIERES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ARDILLIERES | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Saturday 8h30 à 12h30 Place de la mairie. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 818 (2012) → 890 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 508 (1990) → 890 (2023): 75.2 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 415, of which 8.7 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ciré-d'Aunis): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Ardillières): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [11]
GP (Ciré-d'Aunis): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Ciré-d'Aunis): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Ardillières): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST-LAURENT PREE-INRAE weather station, 12.8 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 15 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ST-LAURENT PREE-INRAE, 12.8 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. [12]
An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at MURON, 5.4 km away at 11 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 — 17018/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ardillieres.fr/agenda/794628?start_date=2026-10-24&end_date=2026-10-24— “Toute l'année le samedi de 8h30 à 12h30.”
- DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9fa73084-727c-39a5-97ac-e1d067abc63c— “Un maraîcher et un ostréiculteur vous accueillent place de la Mairie, le samedi matin, de 8h30 à 12h30.”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17018/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17018/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17018/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17107
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17018
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel-de-Careiret | 30 | 473 km SE | 870 | 42.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Serres-Morlaàs | 64 | 308 km S | 870 | 40.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cavanac | 11 | 410 km SE | 1,021 | 35.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Montjean | 53 | 217 km N | 1,020 | 30.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Brains-sur-Gée | 72 | 228 km N | 757 | 40.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
| Marpiré | 35 | 234 km N | 1,023 | 31.8 | Few services | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montjean | 53 | 217 km N | 1,020 | 30.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Brains-sur-Gée | 72 | 228 km N | 757 | 40.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
| Marpiré | 35 | 234 km N | 1,023 | 31.8 | Few services | no figures |
| Serres-Morlaàs | 64 | 308 km S | 870 | 40.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cavanac | 11 | 410 km SE | 1,021 | 35.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Marcel-de-Careiret | 30 | 473 km SE | 870 | 42.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Ardillières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Éguille | 17 | 40 km S | 910 | 49.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dalou | 09 | 392 km SE | 775 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Longèves | 17 | 20 km N | 1,052 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 17 | 15 km S | 1,495 | 30.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Antran | 86 | 141 km NE | 1,148 | 31.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nancras | 17 | 35 km S | 794 | 56.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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