Ars-en-Ré

Charente-Maritime · CC de l'Ile de Ré · INSEE 17019

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

Partly served 50.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ars-en-Ré (INSEE 17019) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de l'Ile de Ré. Population 1,314 (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/17019-ars-en-re

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 12,602 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	0.93	20	18.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.63	10	6.28
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (LE FOURNIL D'ARS EN RE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (U EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (RIVALLAND BENOIST). ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (LE CAFE DU COMMERCE · SARL FONTE · LA CABANE DU FIER · BONNAUD). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE V · U CAMP RESTAURANT · LE PETIT BOUCHON). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE ROUQUETTE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CHARLOTTE BERTHOME-JAUFFRAIS, MÉDECIN · THOMAS RANCHER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'ARS EN RE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARS-EN-RÉ). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (RETROACTIF · 2 DECOIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Hotel (HOTEL LE PARASOL · HOTEL BAR RESTAURANT DU CLOCHER · LE MARTRAY · LE SENECHAL). ^[3,4]

5 × Campsite (CAMPING ESSI · LE CORMORAN · CAMP DU SOLEIL · CAMPIOTEL ROMANEE DES DUNES · CAMPING DE LA COMBE N L'EAU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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	LE FOURNIL D'ARS EN RE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	U EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	RIVALLAND BENOIST	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant	16	LE CAFE DU COMMERCE · SARL FONTE · LA CABANE DU FIER · BONNAUD	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE V · U CAMP RESTAURANT · LE PETIT BOUCHON	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB RENE BRUNET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CLAUDE ROUQUETTE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CHARLOTTE BERTHOME-JAUFFRAIS, MÉDECIN · THOMAS RANCHER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D'ARS EN RE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ARS-EN-RÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	RETROACTIF · 2 DECOIF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	4	HOTEL LE PARASOL · HOTEL BAR RESTAURANT DU CLOCHER · LE MARTRAY · LE SENECHAL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite	5	CAMPING ESSI · LE CORMORAN · CAMP DU SOLEIL · CAMPIOTEL ROMANEE DES DUNES · CAMPING DE LA COMBE N L'EAU	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 915 peak 2007: 1,315 2023: 1,314 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,297 (2012) → 1,314 (2023): 1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,165 (1990) → 1,314 (2023): 12.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,834, of which 59.8 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.5 km SWPharmacy — 0.5 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 (Ars-en-Ré): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ars-en-Ré): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ars-en-Ré): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ars-en-Ré): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ars-en-Ré): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 16.6▸

Muggy days a summer 11▸

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COUARDE SUR MER weather station, 7.7 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 3 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHASSIRON, 19.7 km away at 11 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 695 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-CLEMENT DES BALEINES, 5.2 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17019/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17019/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17019/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17019/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17019
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
Le Verdon-sur-Mer	33	82 km SE	1,408	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Montmartin-sur-Mer	50	309 km N	1,425	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Philibert	56	190 km NW	1,575	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Fort-Mahon-Plage	80	513 km NE	1,363	60.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
La Couarde-sur-Mer	17	7.3 km E	1,112	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
L'Épine	85	103 km NW	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Couarde-sur-Mer	17	7.3 km E	1,112	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Verdon-sur-Mer	33	82 km SE	1,408	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
L'Épine	85	103 km NW	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Philibert	56	190 km NW	1,575	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Montmartin-sur-Mer	50	309 km N	1,425	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 %
Fort-Mahon-Plage	80	513 km NE	1,363	60.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Ars-en-Ré'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 Couarde-sur-Mer	17	7.3 km E	1,112	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Grand-Village-Plage	17	44 km SE	1,108	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Trojan-les-Bains	17	47 km SE	1,121	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Dolus-d'Oléron	17	38 km SE	3,199	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Eulalie-en-Born	40	217 km S	1,443	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gastes	40	211 km S	925	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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