Dolus-d'Oléron

Charente-Maritime · CC de l'Ile d'Oléron · INSEE 17140

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

Partly served 51.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dolus-d'Oléron (INSEE 17140) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de l'Ile d'Oléron. Population 3,199 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17140-dolus-d-oleron

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 63 % of the 6,759 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	0.44	25	10.89
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.81	10	8.11
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURN' LE DE DOLUS · OLERON CHOCOLATS · LS RECEPTION · SANDRINE ET DOM · LE PAIN DE L'ILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DUPUY TRAITEUR + DENIS CORDON). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COOP). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

5 × Fishmonger (L'HUITRIER DE L'ILE D'OLERON · NADEAU HUITRES OLERON · L'HUITRIER DE BACALAN · CHEZ MAMELOU). ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (SARL LUKA · PIZZA D'OLERON · JAVA'PIZZ · SOCIETE LEROY · OLERON DRIVE RESTAURANT). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LA BUENA ONDA IØ · LE CROQUE BEDAINE · BAR'I · O SNACK). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE DOLUS-D'OLERON). ^[3]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD CAMBERLEIN, MÉDECIN · MARIE RAIMBAULT-MALLET, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES LAFITTE-IBARRA, MÉDECIN · MARGOT BOURVEN, MÉDECIN · FLORIAN ESPARSA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DOLUS D OLERON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF STADE RENE ROUX). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE VERT BOIS · PLAGE DE REMIGEASSE CENTRE). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (SALON MAXMERY · L'ATELIER DE CL'HAIR · COLIBRI · A-MAGALIE COIFFURE · SEVERINE M...). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DE VERT BOIS · HOTEL LE GRAND LARGE). ^[3,4]

6 × Campsite (C C V LOISIRS CAMPING PARADIS LA CAILLETIERE · HUTTOPIA OLERON LES CHENES VERTS · CAMPING LES GRISSOTIERES · CAMPING AIROTEL LES FLORALIES · LE MONTET D'OLERON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 2 × Campsite.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	8	LE FOURN' LE DE DOLUS · OLERON CHOCOLATS · LS RECEPTION · SANDRINE ET DOM · LE PAIN DE L'ILE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	DUPUY TRAITEUR + DENIS CORDON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	5	L'HUITRIER DE L'ILE D'OLERON · NADEAU HUITRES OLERON · L'HUITRIER DE BACALAN · CHEZ MAMELOU	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Restaurant	16	SARL LUKA · PIZZA D'OLERON · JAVA'PIZZ · SOCIETE LEROY · OLERON DRIVE RESTAURANT	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 25 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LA BUENA ONDA IØ · LE CROQUE BEDAINE · BAR'I · O SNACK	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE DOLUS-D'OLERON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	BERNARD CAMBERLEIN, MÉDECIN · MARIE RAIMBAULT-MALLET, MÉDECIN · JEAN-YVES LAFITTE-IBARRA, MÉDECIN · MARGOT BOURVEN, MÉDECIN · FLORIAN ESPARSA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DOLUS D OLERON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF STADE RENE ROUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	2	PLAGE DE VERT BOIS · PLAGE DE REMIGEASSE CENTRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	SALON MAXMERY · L'ATELIER DE CL'HAIR · COLIBRI · A-MAGALIE COIFFURE · SEVERINE M...	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	HOTEL DE VERT BOIS · HOTEL LE GRAND LARGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	6	C C V LOISIRS CAMPING PARADIS LA CAILLETIERE · HUTTOPIA OLERON LES CHENES VERTS · CAMPING LES GRISSOTIERES · CAMPING AIROTEL LES FLORALIES · LE MONTET D'OLERON	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,786 peak 2017: 3,229 2023: 3,199 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,207 (2012) → 3,199 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,440 (1990) → 3,199 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,906, of which 59.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Dolus-d'Oléron): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dolus-d'Oléron): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dolus-d'Oléron): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Dolus-d'Oléron): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Dolus-d'Oléron): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 10.6▸

Muggy days a summer 10.3▸

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHATEAU D'OLERON weather station, 7.2 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHATEAU D'OLERON, 7.2 km away at 3 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

An average of 774 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU D'OLERON, 7.2 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17140
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
Zonza	2A	956 km SE	2,989	74	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo	22	311 km N	3,371	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %
Vendays-Montalivet	33	64 km S	2,838	74.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Georges-d'Oléron	17	9.1 km NW	4,067	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Soulac-sur-Mer	33	45 km S	3,100	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors	38	536 km E	2,936	73.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Georges-d'Oléron	17	9.1 km NW	4,067	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Soulac-sur-Mer	33	45 km S	3,100	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Vendays-Montalivet	33	64 km S	2,838	74.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo	22	311 km N	3,371	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %
Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors	38	536 km E	2,936	73.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Zonza	2A	956 km SE	2,989	74	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Dolus-d'Oléron'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
Le Château-d'Oléron	17	6.1 km SE	4,366	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron	17	4.8 km NW	6,633	68.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Tremblade	17	18 km SE	4,650	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus	17	12 km SE	3,486	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage	17	16 km SE	6,163	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sanguinet	40	159 km S	4,741	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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