Cercoux

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17077

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cercoux (INSEE 17077) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 1,302 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17077-cercoux

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 12,676 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.83
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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) (SARL DAMIEN THUILLIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE CERCOUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (H3). ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL DAMIEN THUILLIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	1	L'AUBERGE DE CERCOUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	H3	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CERCOUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE AMAROT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CERCOUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	3	LE SALON	INSEE BPE 3 / 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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,226 2023: 1,302 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,224 (2012) → 1,302 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,101 (1990) → 1,302 (2023): 18.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 697, of which 6.6 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 8.0 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 (Cercoux): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

GP (Lapouyade): 8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cercoux): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cercoux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 12.2 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 74 m. ^[11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 12.2 km away at 89 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17077/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/57f95b76-8458-3d0d-bc54-c1747534f215— “Marché le dimanche place de la Fraternité.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17077/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17077/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17077/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33230
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
Sion-les-Mines	44	309 km N	1,658	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 100 %
Plounévez-Moëdec	22	454 km NW	1,479	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 92 %
Clérac	17	6.1 km N	1,074	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Juvigné	53	351 km N	1,327	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 96 %
Le Grand-Bourg	23	184 km NE	1,167	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 100 %
Avessac	44	312 km NW	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Clérac	17	6.1 km N	1,074	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Le Grand-Bourg	23	184 km NE	1,167	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 100 %
Sion-les-Mines	44	309 km N	1,658	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 100 %
Avessac	44	312 km NW	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures
Juvigné	53	351 km N	1,327	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 96 %
Plounévez-Moëdec	22	454 km NW	1,479	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 92 %

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