Chaniers

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17086

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

Partly served 45.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chaniers (INSEE 17086) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 3,651 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 6,069 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	25	6.24
Social	0.67	20	13.46
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.68	10	6.83
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU MAINE ALLAIN · LE PAIN DU COIN). ^[3,4]

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

5 × Restaurant (LE PETIT CHANIERS · FAJ17 · L'ANNEXE · ALL'ITALIANA · BORSALINO PIZZA). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE DE RONSARD CHANIERS). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CELINE RASSU, MÉDECIN · FLORENT DEROMMELAERE, MÉDECIN · JULIEN PIDOUX, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE LECOURT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (ZONE DE BAIGNADE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'ARTISAN COIFFEUR · COIFFURE D'ART STEPHANIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BELLE RIVIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE FOURNIL DU MAINE ALLAIN · LE PAIN DU COIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COOP	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	5	LE PETIT CHANIERS · FAJ17 · L'ANNEXE · ALL'ITALIANA · BORSALINO PIZZA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	4		INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE DE RONSARD CHANIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CELINE RASSU, MÉDECIN · FLORENT DEROMMELAERE, MÉDECIN · JULIEN PIDOUX, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE LECOURT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE CHANIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DOMINIQUE DE ROUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	ZONE DE BAIGNADE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	L'ARTISAN COIFFEUR · COIFFURE D'ART STEPHANIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING BELLE RIVIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 2,255 2023: 3,651 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,502 (2012) → 3,651 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 3,086 (1990) → 3,651 (2023): 18.3 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,891, of which 4 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Chaniers): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Chaniers): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Chaniers): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chaniers): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chaniers): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 28.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINTES weather station, 8.7 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 10 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 8.7 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINTES, 8.7 km away at 38 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 — 17086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f4254f47-c371-3228-a0a1-0e04b5659bcf— “Marché du Maine Allain”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2022-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/c20ffe71-7922-3753-97c4-c46d3eccb900— “Marché de Chaniers”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17086
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
Cordemais	44	202 km NW	4,012	43.6	Partly served	no figures
Monterblanc	56	277 km NW	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Guignen	35	264 km N	4,175	45.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Besné	44	220 km NW	3,322	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Villefranque	64	263 km S	3,069	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 29 %
Briscous	64	259 km S	2,965	61.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cordemais	44	202 km NW	4,012	43.6	Partly served	no figures
Besné	44	220 km NW	3,322	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Briscous	64	259 km S	2,965	61.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Villefranque	64	263 km S	3,069	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 29 %
Guignen	35	264 km N	4,175	45.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Monterblanc	56	277 km NW	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Chaniers'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
Val-de-Cognac	16	16 km E	3,471	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Val de Virvée	33	79 km S	3,793	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Coulonges-sur-l'Autize	79	85 km N	2,345	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Signes	83	576 km SE	3,126	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Château-l'Évêque	24	110 km SE	2,158	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villié-Morgon	69	408 km E	2,148	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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