L'Éguille

Charente-Maritime · CA Royan Atlantique · INSEE 17151

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

Partly served 49.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Éguille (INSEE 17151) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Royan Atlantique. Population 910 (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/17151-l-eguille

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 14,915 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.81	20	16.25
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.76	10	7.6
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.8

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALMEVA EPISERVICES). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (ETABLISSEMENTS RUSSO ET FILS). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (L'ECAILLE CHIRON FILS · LA CABANE · LA DOUZAINE CHIRONFILS · LES SAVEURS DU MONDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE L'EGUILLE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (L EGUILLE RP). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (L EGUILLE COIFFURE · L'ESPRIT CYN). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE BEUNEZE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	ALMEVA EPISERVICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2	ETABLISSEMENTS RUSSO ET FILS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	L'ECAILLE CHIRON FILS · LA CABANE · LA DOUZAINE CHIRONFILS · LES SAVEURS DU MONDE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE L'EGUILLE	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	1	L EGUILLE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	L EGUILLE COIFFURE · L'ESPRIT CYN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE BEUNEZE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 767 2023: 910 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 886 (2012) → 910 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 722 (1990) → 910 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 541, of which 12 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km NEGP — 3.5 km NEPharmacy — 3.7 km NE 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 (Le Gua): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Éguille): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Gua): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Gua): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (L'Éguille): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROYAN-MEDIS weather station, 8.1 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 8.1 km away at 12 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAUJON, 5.3 km away at 7 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 — 17151/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17151/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17151/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17151/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17151
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
La Baume-de-Transit	26	484 km E	942	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Mas-Saintes-Puelles	11	349 km SE	923	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Condé-Folie	80	528 km NE	865	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Le Mesnil-Aubry	95	451 km NE	914	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Le Langon	85	81 km N	1,045	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Pomas	11	388 km SE	1,017	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Langon	85	81 km N	1,045	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Mas-Saintes-Puelles	11	349 km SE	923	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Pomas	11	388 km SE	1,017	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Le Mesnil-Aubry	95	451 km NE	914	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
La Baume-de-Transit	26	484 km E	942	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Condé-Folie	80	528 km NE	865	45.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %

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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 L'Éguille'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
Mornac-sur-Seudre	17	3.9 km W	877	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente	17	26 km N	1,210	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ardillières	17	40 km N	890	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Longèves	17	58 km N	1,052	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hippolyte	17	25 km N	1,495	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Antran	86	173 km NE	1,148	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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