Cram-Chaban

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Atlantique · INSEE 17132

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

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cram-Chaban (INSEE 17132) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Atlantique. Population 654 (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 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 16,723 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.67
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BAR A GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BAR'OUF). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CRAM-CHABAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (S.G.C.). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	BAR A GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BAR'OUF	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CRAM-CHABAN	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	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	1	S.G.C.	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: 619 peak 2017: 655 2023: 654 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 631 (2012) → 654 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 516 (1990) → 654 (2023): 26.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 335, of which 4.5 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.6 km SEFood shop — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 4.9 km N 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 (Cram-Chaban): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cram-Chaban): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 13.8 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[11]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RONDE (LA), 9.9 km away at 4 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 — 17132/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17132/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17132/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17132/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79170
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
Marsac	16	81 km SE	742	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Balanzac	17	54 km S	642	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Seninghem	62	538 km N	685	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Tréglonou	29	387 km NW	689	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 46 %
Arcizac-Adour	65	347 km S	614	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Champagne	17	46 km S	651	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 66 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champagne	17	46 km S	651	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 66 %
Balanzac	17	54 km S	642	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Marsac	16	81 km SE	742	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Arcizac-Adour	65	347 km S	614	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Tréglonou	29	387 km NW	689	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 46 %
Seninghem	62	538 km N	685	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %

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