Bouhet

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17057

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

Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouhet (INSEE 17057) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 903 (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/17057-bouhet

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 14,927 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE BERTRAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API BOUHET). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE BOUHET). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE A LIVRE OUVERT 1 PLACE DE LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE BY NADEGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	LE PAIN DE BERTRAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API BOUHET	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 ELEMENTAIRE DE BOUHET	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	BOUHET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE A LIVRE OUVERT 1 PLACE DE LA POSTE	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	COIFFURE BY NADEGE	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 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: 303 peak 2017: 903 2023: 903 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 856 (2012) → 903 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 390 (1990) → 903 (2023): 131.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 366, of which 2.7 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 0.5 km SPrimary school — 0.5 km SGP — 6.1 km NPharmacy — 7.9 km SW 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 (Bouhet): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bouhet): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis): 7.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bouhet): 0.5 km to the south (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. ^[11]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 12.1 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 14 m. ^[11]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SURGERES, 12.1 km away at 25 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 — 17057/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17057/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17057/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17057/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17057
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17396
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17003
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
Charbonnier-les-Mines	63	332 km E	930	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Guimiliau	29	350 km NW	994	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 61 %
Laluque	40	257 km S	1,102	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 95 %
Sainneville	76	387 km N	891	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Villesèquelande	11	407 km SE	882	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 64 %
Rians	18	288 km NE	950	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laluque	40	257 km S	1,102	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 95 %
Rians	18	288 km NE	950	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Charbonnier-les-Mines	63	332 km E	930	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Guimiliau	29	350 km NW	994	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 61 %
Sainneville	76	387 km N	891	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Villesèquelande	11	407 km SE	882	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 64 %

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