Arvert
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 48.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Arvert (INSEE 17021) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Royan Atlantique. Population 3,917 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/17021-arvert
Vitality score
Vitality score 48.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 5,757 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.55 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.58 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.93 | 10 | 9.33 |
| Housing mix | 0.67 | 5 | 3.34 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE VANESSA · SARL GAILLARDON). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR CONTACT · SUPER U · FECOPRO). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (CHEZ ANITA & MAX). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (LA ROTISSERIE · HIRSCH STEEVES · LAVERGNE · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · LES 3 CANARDS). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (L'AGORA · THE ROAD TRIP CAFE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE D'ARVERT). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'ARVERT). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BRICE COUATARMANACH, MÉDECIN · AURELIEN LOEL, MÉDECIN · PATRICK FEYDIT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VASSAL LERNO). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ARVERT LPA AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (KARAMELA). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
3 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PRESQU'ILE · LE PARC DE BELLEVUE · CAMPING DU PETIT PONT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LE PAIN DE VANESSA · SARL GAILLARDON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 4 | ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR CONTACT · SUPER U · FECOPRO | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | CHEZ ANITA & MAX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 8 | LA ROTISSERIE · HIRSCH STEEVES · LAVERGNE · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · LES 3 CANARDS | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | L'AGORA · THE ROAD TRIP CAFE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE D'ARVERT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'ARVERT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | BRICE COUATARMANACH, MÉDECIN · AURELIEN LOEL, MÉDECIN · PATRICK FEYDIT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE VASSAL LERNO | 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 | ARVERT LPA AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | KARAMELA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 3 | CAMPING LE PRESQU'ILE · LE PARC DE BELLEVUE · CAMPING DU PETIT PONT | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,259 (2012) → 3,917 (2023): 20.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,734 (1990) → 3,917 (2023): 43.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,482, of which 16.6 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Arvert): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Arvert): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Arvert): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Arvert): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Arvert): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CHATEAU D'OLERON weather station, 14.8 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 21 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHATEAU D'OLERON, 14.8 km away at 3 m, over 19 summers. [10]
An average of 774 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHATEAU D'OLERON, 14.8 km away at 3 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 — 17021/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/91354a6b-05ab-3f30-8ee7-b25a77f4ad12— “Le mercredi et le samedi de 8h à 13h sous la halle.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17021/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17021/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17021/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17021
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-d'Aude | 11 | 437 km SE | 3,369 | 38.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 100 % · humidity 36 % |
| Gétigné | 44 | 149 km N | 3,883 | 49.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 72 % |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets | 28 | 379 km NE | 4,116 | 35.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 % |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau | 54 | 650 km NE | 3,893 | 44.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 36 % |
| Callian | 83 | 666 km E | 3,823 | 49.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 % |
| Clarensac | 30 | 472 km SE | 4,386 | 44.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gétigné | 44 | 149 km N | 3,883 | 49.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 72 % |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets | 28 | 379 km NE | 4,116 | 35.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 36 % |
| Salles-d'Aude | 11 | 437 km SE | 3,369 | 38.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 100 % · humidity 36 % |
| Clarensac | 30 | 472 km SE | 4,386 | 44.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau | 54 | 650 km NE | 3,893 | 44.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 36 % |
| Callian | 83 | 666 km E | 3,823 | 49.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Arvert'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parentis-en-Born | 40 | 154 km S | 7,586 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ville-di-Pietrabugno | 2B | 905 km E | 3,215 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jeannet | 06 | 689 km E | 4,453 | 48.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tourrettes-sur-Loup | 06 | 684 km E | 4,165 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colomars | 06 | 695 km E | 3,409 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus | 17 | 12 km N | 3,486 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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