Champagne
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Champagne (INSEE 17083) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Rochefort Océan. Population 651 (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/17083-champagne
Vitality score
Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 16,738 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.85 | 10 | 8.51 |
| Housing mix | 0.81 | 5 | 4.05 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE MOULIN DES DELICES). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE L'ILE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE MOULIN DES DELICES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE DE L'ILE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 628 (2012) → 651 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 482 (1990) → 651 (2023): 35.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 9.5 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Champagne): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Champagne): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST AGNANT weather station, 8.5 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 14 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST AGNANT, 8.5 km away at 18 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST AGNANT, 8.5 km away at 18 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17083/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17083/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17083/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17083/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17083
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17284
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Izel-lès-Hameau | 62 | 560 km NE | 742 | 35.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 % |
| Sorde-l'Abbaye | 40 | 256 km S | 645 | 29.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 % |
| Longroy | 76 | 497 km N | 637 | 28.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 % |
| Cram-Chaban | 17 | 46 km N | 654 | 38.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 66 % |
| Marsac | 16 | 77 km E | 742 | 35.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Félix | 46 | 273 km SE | 511 | 33.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cram-Chaban | 17 | 46 km N | 654 | 38.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 66 % |
| Marsac | 16 | 77 km E | 742 | 35.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sorde-l'Abbaye | 40 | 256 km S | 645 | 29.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Félix | 46 | 273 km SE | 511 | 33.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
| Longroy | 76 | 497 km N | 637 | 28.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 % |
| Izel-lès-Hameau | 62 | 560 km NE | 742 | 35.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · 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 Champagne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanzac | 17 | 12 km SE | 642 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Douhet | 17 | 27 km E | 708 | 30 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Radegonde | 17 | 3.3 km NE | 589 | 32.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vénérand | 17 | 28 km E | 771 | 46.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chamouillac | 17 | 67 km SE | 370 | 26.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pessines | 17 | 19 km SE | 796 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
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