Courcoury

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17128

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courcoury (INSEE 17128) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 721 (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/17128-courcoury

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 16,264 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.82	10	8.21
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

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 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (L'AMARYLLIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE COURCOURY). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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. ^[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)	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	L'AMARYLLIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE COURCOURY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 528 2023: 721 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 713 (2012) → 721 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 546 (1990) → 721 (2023): 32.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 394, of which 8.6 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km EGP — 1.9 km EFood shop — 2.0 km EPharmacy — 2.0 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 (Chaniers): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chaniers): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chaniers): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chaniers): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Courcoury): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 28.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINTES weather station, 7.8 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 7.8 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINTES, 7.8 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17128/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17128/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17128/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17128/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17128
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
Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux	18	270 km NE	729	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Grand'Landes	85	148 km NW	725	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Cernin-de-Larche	19	170 km SE	695	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer	78	402 km N	742	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Berzé-la-Ville	71	414 km E	708	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Villers-Saint-Frambourg-Ognon	60	462 km NE	726	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grand'Landes	85	148 km NW	725	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Cernin-de-Larche	19	170 km SE	695	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux	18	270 km NE	729	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer	78	402 km N	742	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Berzé-la-Ville	71	414 km E	708	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Villers-Saint-Frambourg-Ognon	60	462 km NE	726	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · 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 Courcoury'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
La Vallée	17	28 km NW	707	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Béceleuf	79	85 km N	750	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Soulignonne	17	18 km NW	752	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Faust	64	272 km S	738	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Montferrand	11	323 km SE	622	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Civrac-en-Médoc	33	48 km SW	634	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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