Celles

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17076

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

Few services 21.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Celles (INSEE 17076) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 329 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,991 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.75
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CELLES). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU PAS DES BICHES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [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 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU PAS DES BICHES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 325 2023: 329 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 324 (2012) → 329 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 329 (2023): 17.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 1.7 % second homes and 16.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km NEGP — 3.3 km NEFood shop — 4.1 km NPharmacy — 4.3 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 (Salles-d'Angles): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gimeux): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Salles-d'Angles): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ars): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Celles): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 12.7▸

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SALIGNAC weather station, 8.2 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARCHIAC, 11.5 km away at 56 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SALIGNAC, 8.2 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17076/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17076/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17076/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17076/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16359
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17076
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
Lières	62	588 km N	335	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Droupt-Saint-Basle	10	457 km NE	339	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 14 %
Lux	31	296 km SE	342	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Grindorff-Bizing	57	665 km NE	314	21.2	Few services	no figures
Chaudenay	52	511 km NE	338	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Bats	40	217 km S	328	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bats	40	217 km S	328	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Lux	31	296 km SE	342	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Droupt-Saint-Basle	10	457 km NE	339	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 14 %
Chaudenay	52	511 km NE	338	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 %
Lières	62	588 km N	335	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Grindorff-Bizing	57	665 km NE	314	21.2	Few services	no figures

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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 Celles'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
Gabarnac	33	110 km S	363	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Luxe-Sumberraute	64	257 km S	385	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Monprimblanc	33	109 km S	276	11.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Cierzac	17	6.5 km SE	323	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Anhaux	64	281 km S	389	13.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Coulonges	17	3.9 km W	222	13.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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