Le Chay

Charente-Maritime · CA Royan Atlantique · INSEE 17097

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

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Chay (INSEE 17097) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Royan Atlantique. Population 840 (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/17097-le-chay

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 15,364 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CABANE · AUBERGE DU MOULIN). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANATOLE-EUGENE HILLAIRET LE CHAY). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (JOUBERT GHISLAINE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LA CABANE · AUBERGE DU MOULIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANATOLE-EUGENE HILLAIRET LE CHAY	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	JOUBERT GHISLAINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 387 2023: 840 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 743 (2012) → 840 (2023): 13.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 529 (1990) → 840 (2023): 58.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 435, of which 6.9 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km SWFood shop — 3.4 km SWGP — 4.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.2 km NW 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 (Semussac): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Semussac): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saujon): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saujon): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Chay): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROYAN-MEDIS weather station, 6.1 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 6.1 km away at 12 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUJON, 4.6 km away at 7 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 — 17097/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17097/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17097/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17097/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17425
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17421
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17097
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
Misson	40	228 km S	828	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
La Genevraye	77	406 km NE	840	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Émancé	78	383 km NE	872	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Chasnais	85	95 km N	818	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Négreville	50	431 km N	845	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Orbeil	63	325 km E	883	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chasnais	85	95 km N	818	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Misson	40	228 km S	828	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Orbeil	63	325 km E	883	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
Émancé	78	383 km NE	872	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
La Genevraye	77	406 km NE	840	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Négreville	50	431 km N	845	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Le Chay'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
Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult	17	19 km N	924	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Beaugeay	17	27 km N	794	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Castin	64	256 km S	862	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sarrouilles	65	280 km S	551	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Vallée	17	28 km N	707	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Arces	17	10 km S	716	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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