Coux

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17130

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

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coux (INSEE 17130) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 480 (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 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,890 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	7
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BREGIERE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL BREGIERE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE COUX	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 494 2023: 480 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 475 (2012) → 480 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 400 (1990) → 480 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 6.3 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.0 km NWPharmacy — 3.0 km SGP — 3.3 km SBakery — 3.7 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 (Chamouillac): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Coux): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montendre): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montendre): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Coux): 0.4 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

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 13.4 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 98 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, 16.3 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 13.4 km away at 89 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 — 17130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17240
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
Cizay-la-Madeleine	49	209 km N	473	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Beaurepaire	76	486 km N	490	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Apremont	70	512 km NE	437	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 31 % · humidity 71 %
Branches	89	412 km NE	434	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Vraux	51	542 km NE	460	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Valhuon	62	606 km N	538	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cizay-la-Madeleine	49	209 km N	473	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Branches	89	412 km NE	434	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Beaurepaire	76	486 km N	490	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Apremont	70	512 km NE	437	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 31 % · humidity 71 %
Vraux	51	542 km NE	460	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Valhuon	62	606 km N	538	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · 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 Coux'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
Vallesvilles	31	251 km SE	462	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Triac-Lautrait	16	47 km NE	462	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bunzac	16	73 km NE	447	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Comps	33	31 km SW	531	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Moragne	17	80 km NW	536	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
La Réunion	47	120 km S	524	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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