La Barde

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17033

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

Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Barde (INSEE 17033) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 504 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17033-la-barde

Vitality score

Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,756 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.37
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 406 2023: 504 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 452 (2012) → 504 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 377 (1990) → 504 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 275, of which 10.2 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.8 km SPrimary school — 2.8 km SPharmacy — 4.1 km SGP — 4.2 km SFood shop — 4.4 km NE 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 (Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Aigulin): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 132,000 € — 865 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Charente-Maritime is 2,339 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[10]

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 — 17033/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17033/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17033/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17033/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17309
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
Grumesnil	76	516 km N	485	23.3	Few services	no figures
Antogny-le-Tillac	37	210 km N	485	18.1	No daily shops	no figures
Exoudun	79	136 km N	531	15.7	No daily shops	no figures
Bessey	42	372 km E	465	28	Few services	no figures
Le Torpt	27	469 km N	469	23.8	Few services	no figures
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	444 km N	490	23.7	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Exoudun	79	136 km N	531	15.7	No daily shops	no figures
Antogny-le-Tillac	37	210 km N	485	18.1	No daily shops	no figures
Bessey	42	372 km E	465	28	Few services	no figures
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	444 km N	490	23.7	Few services	no figures
Le Torpt	27	469 km N	469	23.8	Few services	no figures
Grumesnil	76	516 km N	485	23.3	Few services	no figures

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Elsewhere

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