Clérac

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17110

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

Few services 36.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Clérac (INSEE 17110) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 1,074 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17110-clerac

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 13,898 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.62	10	6.18
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE CLERAC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (GALILE TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DES LACS BLEUS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CLERAC). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CLERAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (IMAGIN HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DES LACS BLEUS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE CLERAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	GALILE TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AUBERGE DES LACS BLEUS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CLERAC	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CLERAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE 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	1	IMAGIN HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DES LACS BLEUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,143 2023: 1,074 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 968 (2012) → 1,074 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 961 (1990) → 1,074 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 592, of which 3.9 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.1 km NEGP — 5.1 km NEPharmacy — 5.1 km NE 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 (Clérac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montguyon): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Martin-d'Ary): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Montguyon): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Clérac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 6.6 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[12]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 89 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17110/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/8497b0f1-2bc7-3a2d-8f2f-9383c2a6b968— “Marché le vendredi matin place de la Gaieté.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17110/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17110/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17110/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17365
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
Mirabel	82	174 km SE	1,045	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 95 %
Vazerac	82	163 km SE	765	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 96 %
Quédillac	35	371 km N	1,287	47.9	Partly served	no figures
Plounévez-Moëdec	22	448 km NW	1,479	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 92 %
Plumaugat	22	375 km NW	1,160	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 89 %
Cercoux	17	6.1 km S	1,302	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cercoux	17	6.1 km S	1,302	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Vazerac	82	163 km SE	765	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 96 %
Mirabel	82	174 km SE	1,045	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 95 %
Quédillac	35	371 km N	1,287	47.9	Partly served	no figures
Plumaugat	22	375 km NW	1,160	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 89 %
Plounévez-Moëdec	22	448 km NW	1,479	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 92 %

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