Bords

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17053

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bords (INSEE 17053) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 1,375 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 12,236 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.74	10	7.4
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O BOUT D'PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU P'TIT MARCHE DU COIN). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KÉVIN CASTETS, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE GEAY, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE BRUNET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BORDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BORDS LPA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BORDS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LAETITIA COIFFURE · SALON DE COIFFURE CLIN D'OEIL). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	O BOUT D'PAIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU P'TIT MARCHE DU COIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	KÉVIN CASTETS, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE GEAY, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE BRUNET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BORDS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BORDS LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BORDS	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	2	LAETITIA COIFFURE · SALON DE COIFFURE CLIN D'OEIL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,007 2023: 1,375 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,318 (2012) → 1,375 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,109 (1990) → 1,375 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 719, of which 5.3 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 4.4 km SPharmacy — 8.5 km S 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 (Geay): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bords): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bords): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Porchaire): 8.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bords): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

Muggy days a summer 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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES NOUILLERS weather station, 9.3 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST AGNANT, 14.8 km away at 18 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BORDS, 0.6 km away at 6 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17387
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
Massay	18	255 km NE	1,345	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Beauquesne	80	522 km NE	1,352	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Andrest	65	295 km S	1,340	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Palluau	85	119 km NW	1,128	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Montrottier	69	408 km E	1,400	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Neulise	42	385 km E	1,344	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Palluau	85	119 km NW	1,128	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Massay	18	255 km NE	1,345	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Andrest	65	295 km S	1,340	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Neulise	42	385 km E	1,344	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Montrottier	69	408 km E	1,400	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Beauquesne	80	522 km NE	1,352	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Bords'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
Andrest	65	295 km S	1,340	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Fussy	18	283 km NE	1,891	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vougy	42	380 km E	1,546	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Asson	64	309 km S	1,982	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Masseube	32	295 km S	1,511	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Ossun	65	308 km S	2,358	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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