Croix-Chapeau

Charente-Maritime · CA de La Rochelle · INSEE 17136

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Croix-Chapeau (INSEE 17136) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA de La Rochelle. Population 1,418 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/17136-croix-chapeau

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 12,026 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 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) (ARDOUIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API CROIX CHAPEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GIMY 4). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHAP). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CROIX-CHAPEAU). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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	ARDOUIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API CROIX CHAPEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	GIMY 4	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CHAP	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CROIX-CHAPEAU	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 JOSETTE LIDON	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		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 562 2023: 1,418 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,197 (2012) → 1,418 (2023): 18.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 863 (1990) → 1,418 (2023): 64.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 677, of which 2.2 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.3 km NPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Croix-Chapeau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Croix-Chapeau): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Jarrie): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Croix-Chapeau): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 16.1▸

Muggy days a summer 6.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA ROCHELLE weather station, 12.6 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 24 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHELLE, 12.6 km away at 4 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHELLE, 12.6 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 — 17136/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17136/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17136/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17136/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17136
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17003
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
Dry	45	279 km NE	1,408	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 39 %
Craintilleux	42	410 km E	1,342	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
Trangé	72	230 km N	1,637	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Cussac-sur-Loire	43	400 km E	1,653	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Plaine-Haute	22	295 km NW	1,712	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	49	145 km N	1,388	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	49	145 km N	1,388	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Trangé	72	230 km N	1,637	43	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Dry	45	279 km NE	1,408	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 39 %
Plaine-Haute	22	295 km NW	1,712	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Cussac-sur-Loire	43	400 km E	1,653	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Craintilleux	42	410 km E	1,342	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · 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 Croix-Chapeau'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
Saint-Christophe	17	6.1 km NE	1,422	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Esnandes	17	18 km NW	2,224	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Clavette	17	3.6 km NW	1,406	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marsilly	17	17 km NW	3,176	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gilette	06	690 km E	1,627	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Médard-d'Aunis	17	6.1 km NE	2,396	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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