Chérac

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17100

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

No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chérac (INSEE 17100) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 1,130 (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/17100-cherac

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 13,611 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.58	10	5.81
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CHERAC). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHERAC AP). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LZA). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CHERAC	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FAURY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHERAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	LZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 879 2023: 1,130 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,097 (2012) → 1,130 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,045 (1990) → 1,130 (2023): 8.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 592, of which 7.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.3 km EGP — 5.3 km WFood shop — 7.0 km E 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 (Louzac-Saint-André): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cognac): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chérac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Chérac): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SALIGNAC weather station, 3.9 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BURIE, 8.9 km away at 56 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SALIGNAC, 3.9 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17100/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17100/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17100/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17100/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16102
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17400
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17100
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
La Réorthe	85	111 km NW	1,161	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %
Aubiac	47	191 km SE	1,174	22	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Monsireigne	85	122 km N	999	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives	33	63 km S	971	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Merpins	16	7.1 km SE	1,085	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite	60	490 km NE	922	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Merpins	16	7.1 km SE	1,085	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives	33	63 km S	971	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Réorthe	85	111 km NW	1,161	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %
Monsireigne	85	122 km N	999	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Aubiac	47	191 km SE	1,174	22	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite	60	490 km NE	922	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Chérac'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-Girons-d'Aiguevives	33	63 km S	971	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Merpins	16	7.1 km SE	1,085	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marcellus	47	142 km S	892	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lugos	33	140 km S	1,208	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Berneuil	17	14 km SW	1,169	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Barret	16	30 km SE	1,080	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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