Clion

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17111

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

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Clion (INSEE 17111) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 843 (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 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 15,327 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.63	10	6.35
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GITES ET CAMPING DES ACACIAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CLION). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CLION RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES ACCACIAS). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	GITES ET CAMPING DES ACACIAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CLION	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CLION RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	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	1	CAMPING DES ACCACIAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 679 2023: 843 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 826 (2012) → 843 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 743 (1990) → 843 (2023): 13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 485, of which 7.4 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.1 km SEGP — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Clion): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 7.6 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 7.6 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 893 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CLION, 0.6 km away at 35 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 — 17111/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17111/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17111/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17111/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17339
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17331
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
Courcôme	16	75 km NE	814	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Camlez	22	424 km NW	845	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Puyravault	17	77 km N	747	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Monclar	47	140 km SE	900	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Quibou	50	403 km N	858	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Landrais	17	71 km NW	797	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Landrais	17	71 km NW	797	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Courcôme	16	75 km NE	814	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Puyravault	17	77 km N	747	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Monclar	47	140 km SE	900	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Quibou	50	403 km N	858	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Camlez	22	424 km NW	845	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · 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 Clion'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
Aumagne	17	45 km N	694	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Haux	33	84 km S	840	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plassay	17	42 km NW	823	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Migron	17	37 km N	694	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lignan-de-Bordeaux	33	76 km S	842	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mosnac-Saint-Simeux	16	41 km NE	950	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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