Épargnes

Charente-Maritime · CA Royan Atlantique · INSEE 17152

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

Partly served 50.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épargnes (INSEE 17152) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Royan Atlantique. Population 947 (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/17152-epargnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 14,674 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.9	10	9.01
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI D'OR EPARGNES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (KREP STATION · YADO GASTRONOMIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE J.G. BELLOTEAU EPARGNES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (EPARGNES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE GABRIELLE ET JEAN BATISTA). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ENZO · KARINE HAIR CONCEPT). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'EPI D'OR EPARGNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	2	KREP STATION · YADO GASTRONOMIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE J.G. BELLOTEAU EPARGNES	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	EPARGNES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE GABRIELLE ET JEAN BATISTA	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	ENZO · KARINE HAIR CONCEPT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 677 2023: 947 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 843 (2012) → 947 (2023): 12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 676 (1990) → 947 (2023): 40.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 538, of which 10.6 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km NWGP — 4.8 km NWPharmacy — 5.2 km NW 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 (Épargnes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cozes): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cozes): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cozes): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Épargnes): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35.5

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 15.2 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 53 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 15.2 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 15.2 km away at 55 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 — 17152/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17152/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17152/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17152/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17131
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
Cabrières-d'Aigues	84	535 km E	946	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Pompignan	30	411 km SE	908	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
La Selle-Craonnaise	53	256 km N	895	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Monthou-sur-Cher	41	257 km NE	986	44	Partly served	no figures
Oyré	86	184 km NE	962	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges	61	345 km N	1,023	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Oyré	86	184 km NE	962	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
La Selle-Craonnaise	53	256 km N	895	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Monthou-sur-Cher	41	257 km NE	986	44	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges	61	345 km N	1,023	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Pompignan	30	411 km SE	908	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Cabrières-d'Aigues	84	535 km E	946	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Épargnes'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
Saint-Césaire	17	33 km NE	888	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bosdarros	64	262 km S	962	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil	33	29 km S	1,365	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Cravans	17	9.2 km NE	845	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ance Féas	64	266 km S	624	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	72 km SE	956	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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