Fenioux

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17157

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 12.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fenioux (INSEE 17157) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 158 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 12.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 14,464 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.69	10	6.88
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 122 peak 2017: 160 2023: 158 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 150 (2012) → 158 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 133 (1990) → 158 (2023): 18.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 9.4 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.3 km NEFood shop — 5.2 km NWBakery — 6.6 km WGP — 6.6 km WPharmacy — 6.6 km W 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 (Saint-Savinien): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Savinien): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Savinien): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Savinien): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mazeray): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES NOUILLERS weather station, 8.7 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 14.9 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 848 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-D Y., 8.6 km away at 32 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 — 17157/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17157/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17157/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17157/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17397
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17226
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
Argelos	40	257 km S	160	9.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Sauveterre	65	274 km S	157	10.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Esves-le-Moutier	37	172 km NE	159	10.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière	76	473 km N	159	12.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-du-Puy	33	143 km S	163	6.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Ellecourt	76	468 km N	157	13.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-du-Puy	33	143 km S	163	6.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Esves-le-Moutier	37	172 km NE	159	10.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Argelos	40	257 km S	160	9.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Sauveterre	65	274 km S	157	10.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Ellecourt	76	468 km N	157	13.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Riquier-en-Rivière	76	473 km N	159	12.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · 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 Fenioux'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
Sariac-Magnoac	65	301 km S	162	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Santilly	71	415 km E	156	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bellegarde	32	291 km S	157	11.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Cizos	65	305 km S	136	11.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes	17	43 km S	143	11.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Boisbreteau	16	72 km SE	136	9.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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