Écurat

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17148

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

Few services 26.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Écurat (INSEE 17148) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 438 (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/17148-ecurat

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,909 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ECURAT). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ECURAT	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 - MAIRIE	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 212 peak 2012: 496 2023: 438 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 496 (2012) → 438 (2023): -11.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 291 (1990) → 438 (2023): 50.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 2.2 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km SWGP — 3.2 km EBakery — 3.5 km SEPharmacy — 3.9 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 (Saintes): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bussac-sur-Charente): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saintes): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Écurat): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 28.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 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, 3 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 36 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 3 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, 3 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17415
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17336
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17073
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17148
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
Hannogne-Saint-Martin	08	597 km NE	445	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Eppes	02	534 km NE	438	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Montagny-Sainte-Félicité	60	452 km NE	425	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martial-sur-Né	17	33 km SE	425	24.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Ancey	21	454 km NE	451	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Pluvet	21	481 km E	432	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martial-sur-Né	17	33 km SE	425	24.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Montagny-Sainte-Félicité	60	452 km NE	425	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Ancey	21	454 km NE	451	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Pluvet	21	481 km E	432	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Eppes	02	534 km NE	438	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Hannogne-Saint-Martin	08	597 km NE	445	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Écurat'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
Gardères	65	282 km S	445	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin	65	298 km S	436	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Luquet	65	283 km S	426	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Faleyras	33	118 km S	430	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Guitinières	17	40 km S	479	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg	33	82 km S	414	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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