Cravans

Charente-Maritime · CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole · INSEE 17133

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cravans (INSEE 17133) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. Population 845 (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/17133-cravans

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 15,338 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.84

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE CRAVANAISE SARL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (SANDRA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	LA BOULANGERIE CRAVANAISE SARL	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CRAVANS	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	2	SANDRA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 503 peak 2017: 872 2023: 845 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 764 (2012) → 845 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 526 (1990) → 845 (2023): 60.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 455, of which 11.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km WGP — 4.0 km SEPharmacy — 4.2 km SE 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 (Cravans): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-André-de-Lidon): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gémozac): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gémozac): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cravans): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35.5

Muggy days a summer 9.1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 6.8 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 6.8 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 6.8 km away at 55 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 — 17133/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17133/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17133/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17133/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17172
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
Parent	63	306 km E	879	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
Faverolles	28	385 km NE	820	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Souvigné	79	96 km NE	863	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Sanilhac-Sagriès	30	445 km E	842	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	515 km NE	825	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Champagneux	73	497 km E	675	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Souvigné	79	96 km NE	863	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Parent	63	306 km E	879	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
Faverolles	28	385 km NE	820	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Sanilhac-Sagriès	30	445 km E	842	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Champagneux	73	497 km E	675	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	515 km NE	825	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Cravans'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
Épargnes	17	9.2 km SW	947	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Caussens	32	205 km SE	598	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Faust	64	260 km S	738	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	74 km S	956	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Villars-en-Pons	17	7.0 km E	583	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Césaire	17	24 km NE	888	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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