Échebrune

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17145

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Échebrune (INSEE 17145) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 480 (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 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,890 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.59	10	5.91
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ATYPIK). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'ECHEBRUNE). ^[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, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	L'ATYPIK	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'ECHEBRUNE	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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 505 peak 1975: 507 2023: 480 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 490 (2012) → 480 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 440 (1990) → 480 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 6.3 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.3 km NFood shop — 3.5 km NBakery — 3.6 km NPharmacy — 3.6 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 (Pérignac): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pérignac): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pérignac): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pérignac): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Échebrune): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.1

Days at or below 0 °C 58.4

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONS weather station, 4.7 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[10]

The village sits 67 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 12.2 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONS, 4.7 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17145
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
Échallat	16	36 km NE	480	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Champagnac	17	20 km S	488	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Teulat	81	277 km SE	495	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Rott	67	737 km NE	462	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Franleu	80	525 km N	501	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Le Nizan	33	125 km S	506	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champagnac	17	20 km S	488	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Échallat	16	36 km NE	480	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Le Nizan	33	125 km S	506	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Teulat	81	277 km SE	495	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Franleu	80	525 km N	501	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Rott	67	737 km NE	462	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Échebrune'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
Avy	17	5.6 km SW	510	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-de-Volangis	18	285 km NE	474	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Moragne	17	50 km NW	536	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Aboën	42	359 km E	481	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Romegoux	17	41 km NW	640	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bougneau	17	3.6 km W	655	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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