Ballon

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17032

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ballon (INSEE 17032) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 828 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 15,426 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MAMIDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE BALLON). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	MAMIDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE BALLON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 345 2023: 828 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 768 (2012) → 828 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 482 (1990) → 828 (2023): 71.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 386, of which 4.7 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km EPharmacy — 1.6 km EGP — 1.7 km EFood shop — 4.4 km E 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 (Ciré-d'Aunis): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ardillières): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ciré-d'Aunis): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ciré-d'Aunis): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ballon): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.7

Days at or below 0 °C 27.8

Muggy days a summer 6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-LAURENT PREE-INRAE weather station, 9.6 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-LAURENT PREE-INRAE, 9.6 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MURON, 8.5 km away at 11 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

63 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 234,400 € — 1,875 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Charente-Maritime is 2,339 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17032/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17032/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17032/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17032/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17032
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Crémarest	62	554 km N	815	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Grazac	31	360 km SE	816	32.4	Few services	no figures
Rancé	01	450 km E	775	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Fontivillié	79	70 km E	754	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Ectot-l'Auber	76	423 km N	729	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Houdancourt	60	454 km NE	680	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontivillié	79	70 km E	754	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Grazac	31	360 km SE	816	32.4	Few services	no figures
Ectot-l'Auber	76	423 km N	729	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Rancé	01	450 km E	775	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Houdancourt	60	454 km NE	680	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Crémarest	62	554 km N	815	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Ballon'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
Le Chay	17	47 km S	840	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult	17	29 km S	924	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Ordizan	65	339 km S	513	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Arcizac-Adour	65	333 km S	614	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Beaugeay	17	21 km S	794	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Castin	64	302 km S	862	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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