Benon

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Atlantique · INSEE 17041

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Benon (INSEE 17041) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Atlantique. Population 1,859 (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/17041-benon

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 10,078 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE DU PARC). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ GROS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SAINBOL · FIOR DI PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BENON). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BENON PR LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ALIÉNOR DE BENON). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX MALINS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE DU PARC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CHEZ GROS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SAINBOL · FIOR DI PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BENON	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BENON PR LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ALIÉNOR DE BENON	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LES CISEAUX MALINS	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 504 2023: 1,859 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,377 (2012) → 1,859 (2023): 35 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 426 (1990) → 1,859 (2023): 336.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 739, of which 3.2 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.5 km NGP — 4.6 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 (Benon): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Courçon): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Courçon): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Benon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 13.3 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[10]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RONDE (LA), 11.8 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17127
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
Saint-Sernin	07	445 km E	1,872	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 99 %
Falleron	85	101 km NW	1,725	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Chiché	79	75 km NE	1,679	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
La Gouesnière	35	279 km N	2,021	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 64 %
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	469 km E	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Savigneux	01	437 km E	1,469	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chiché	79	75 km NE	1,679	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Falleron	85	101 km NW	1,725	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
La Gouesnière	35	279 km N	2,021	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 64 %
Savigneux	01	437 km E	1,469	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Sernin	07	445 km E	1,872	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 99 %
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	469 km E	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %

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