Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17087

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie (INSEE 17087) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 209 (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 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,228 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (HELIODELIGHT PATISSERIE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (AU JARDIN D'O). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	HELIODELIGHT PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	AU JARDIN D'O	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 111 2023: 209 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 152 (2012) → 209 (2023): 37.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 100 (1990) → 209 (2023): 109 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 101, of which 7.9 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.2 km WPrimary school — 3.6 km EFood shop — 3.8 km EGP — 5.2 km WPharmacy — 5.5 km W 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 (Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie): 1.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landes): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tonnay-Boutonne): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tonnay-Boutonne): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Landes): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES NOUILLERS weather station, 6.1 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 18.7 km away at 36 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 859 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES NOUILLERS, 6.1 km away at 18 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 — 17087/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17087/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17087/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17087/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17448
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
Mantallot	22	363 km NW	226	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Seilhan	31	340 km S	207	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Lavazan	33	181 km S	228	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte	55	558 km NE	226	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Belonchamp	70	586 km E	207	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Offlanges	39	492 km E	199	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lavazan	33	181 km S	228	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Seilhan	31	340 km S	207	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Mantallot	22	363 km NW	226	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Offlanges	39	492 km E	199	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 62 %
Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte	55	558 km NE	226	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Belonchamp	70	586 km E	207	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie'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
Vereux	70	509 km E	208	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Tailly	21	432 km E	201	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Arrigny	51	499 km NE	227	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gumery	10	412 km NE	225	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chenôves	71	416 km E	211	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ailleville	10	475 km NE	223	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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