Berneuil
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Berneuil (INSEE 17044) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. Population 1,169 (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/17044-berneuil
Vitality score
Vitality score 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 7 % of the 13,371 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.58 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BERNEUIL). [4]
3 × Hairdresser (JENNY ' STYLE · ISA COIFF' · L'ATELIER COIFFURE). [4,3]
1 × Hotel (LE SAINTONGEAIS). [4,3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BERNEUIL | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | JENNY ' STYLE · ISA COIFF' · L'ATELIER COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 1 | LE SAINTONGEAIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,121 (2012) → 1,169 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 732 (1990) → 1,169 (2023): 59.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 599, of which 4.2 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tesson): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Préguillac): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Tesson): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Tesson): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Berneuil): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 5.2 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 62 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 5.2 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. [11]
An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 5.2 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
74 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 180,000 € — 1,504 € 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 — 17044/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17044/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17044/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17044/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17441
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17289
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17044
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moulins-en-Bessin | 14 | 401 km N | 1,125 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Sulpice | 60 | 460 km NE | 1,079 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
| Barret | 16 | 35 km SE | 1,080 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ailly | 27 | 415 km N | 1,234 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
| Goupil-Othon | 27 | 401 km N | 1,220 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 % |
| Lonrai | 61 | 317 km N | 1,062 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barret | 16 | 35 km SE | 1,080 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lonrai | 61 | 317 km N | 1,062 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 % |
| Goupil-Othon | 27 | 401 km N | 1,220 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 43 % |
| Moulins-en-Bessin | 14 | 401 km N | 1,125 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 % |
| Ailly | 27 | 415 km N | 1,234 | 22 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Sulpice | 60 | 460 km NE | 1,079 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Berneuil'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barret | 16 | 35 km SE | 1,080 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bayon-sur-Gironde | 33 | 66 km S | 734 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives | 33 | 56 km S | 971 | 25.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espoey | 64 | 269 km S | 1,223 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille | 17 | 8.2 km SW | 708 | 23.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chérac | 17 | 14 km NE | 1,130 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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