Aulnay

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17024

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

Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aulnay (INSEE 17024) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 1,410 (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/17024-aulnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 12,065 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.46	10	4.64
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (O DONJON DES GOURMETS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (NARESTE · COOP). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE 9 · CREPES FM · BEST PIZZA NOUVELLE AQUITAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT PIERRE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE D'AULNAY). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'AULNAY). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DE L'OUCHE DES CARMES). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-CHRYSTEL AUVRAY, MÉDECIN · MIHAELA PETREA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DUPERAT AGUSSAN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PARENTHÈSE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE DE L OUCHE DES CARMES). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL AULNAY DE SAINTONGE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER BS COIFF'). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU DONJON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

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)	1	O DONJON DES GOURMETS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	NARESTE · COOP	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LE 9 · CREPES FM · BEST PIZZA NOUVELLE AQUITAINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SAINT PIERRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE D'AULNAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'AULNAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DE L'OUCHE DES CARMES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MARIE-CHRYSTEL AUVRAY, MÉDECIN · MIHAELA PETREA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DUPERAT AGUSSAN	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	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PARENTHÈSE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COLLEGE DE L OUCHE DES CARMES	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 CREDIT MUTUEL AULNAY DE SAINTONGE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	4	L'ATELIER BS COIFF'	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU DONJON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,481 peak 1975: 1,509 2023: 1,410 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,431 (2012) → 1,410 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,462 (1990) → 1,410 (2023): -3.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 912, of which 7.1 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.0 km N 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 (Aulnay): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aulnay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aulnay): 1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aulnay): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aulnay): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE weather station, 4.6 km away at 36 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 4.6 km away at 36 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 4.6 km away at 36 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 — 17024/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17024/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17024/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17024/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17024
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
Froncles	52	487 km NE	1,369	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Laroque-Timbaut	47	212 km SE	1,589	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge	17	62 km S	1,282	59.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Villeréal	47	176 km SE	1,261	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Rimogne	08	559 km NE	1,317	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Souvigny	03	278 km E	1,698	52.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge	17	62 km S	1,282	59.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Villeréal	47	176 km SE	1,261	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Laroque-Timbaut	47	212 km SE	1,589	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Souvigny	03	278 km E	1,698	52.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Froncles	52	487 km NE	1,369	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rimogne	08	559 km NE	1,317	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Aulnay'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
Saint-Gaultier	36	152 km NE	1,701	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe	16	45 km SE	1,341	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Mothe-Saint-Héray	79	42 km NE	1,652	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Richelieu	37	122 km NE	1,598	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chalais	16	88 km S	1,812	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Beauvoir-sur-Niort	79	20 km NW	1,765	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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