Barzan

Charente-Maritime · CA Royan Atlantique · INSEE 17034

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

No daily shops 17.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barzan (INSEE 17034) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Royan Atlantique. Population 475 (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/17034-barzan

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 17,911 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	0.66	10	6.59
Housing mix	0.36	5	1.79

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE BALCON DE L'ESTUAIRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BELLEVUE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Campsite.

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	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	1	LE BALCON DE L'ESTUAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE BELLEVUE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 378 2023: 475 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 467 (2012) → 475 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 410 (1990) → 475 (2023): 15.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 365, of which 32.1 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.1 km SEPrimary school — 3.3 km NBakery — 4.6 km NEGP — 6.7 km SEPharmacy — 6.7 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 (Épargnes): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mortagne-sur-Gironde): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cozes): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Arces): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ROYAN-MEDIS weather station, 15.1 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 15 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 15.1 km away at 12 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 15.1 km away at 12 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17015
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
La Croix-aux-Mines	88	671 km NE	448	13.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-André-d'Hébertot	14	430 km N	451	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Villers-sur-Authie	80	566 km N	468	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Gatteville-le-Phare	50	464 km N	465	12.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Grand-Laviers	80	548 km N	465	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Lanas	07	427 km E	429	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lanas	07	427 km E	429	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-André-d'Hébertot	14	430 km N	451	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Gatteville-le-Phare	50	464 km N	465	12.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Grand-Laviers	80	548 km N	465	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Villers-sur-Authie	80	566 km N	468	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
La Croix-aux-Mines	88	671 km NE	448	13.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Barzan'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-Maixent-de-Beugné	79	111 km N	416	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Arces	17	3.0 km N	716	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe	87	155 km E	449	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martial-d'Albarède	24	149 km E	484	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Anché	86	126 km NE	324	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Adjutory	16	107 km E	503	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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