Le Douhet

Identity

Le Douhet (INSEE 17143) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 708 (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/17143-le-douhet

Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 16,345 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE L'AQUEDUC ROMAIN). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE MARQUE-PAGE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 694 (2012) → 708 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 589 (1990) → 708 (2023): 20.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 403, of which 7.7 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vénérand): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Taillebourg): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Douhet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINTES weather station, 9.1 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 9.1 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINTES, 9.1 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

41 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 171,850 € — 1,231 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 115,000 € — 1,499 € per m². ^[13]

The median across Charente-Maritime is 2,339 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17143/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17143/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17143/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17143/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17462
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17344
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17436
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17143
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025