Ferrières

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Atlantique · INSEE 17158

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

Partly served 50.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ferrières (INSEE 17158) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Atlantique. Population 1,573 (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/17158-ferrieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 11,262 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 2 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) (LE FOURNIL DU TALMEUNIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CDR CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR). ^[3]

2 × Supermarket (JENCO · SODISEAU). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (BAK · AUNISDRIVE · MY DONUTS FACTORY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE FERRIERES). ^[3]

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

5 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER SOFISTYL · AMANDINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	1	LE FOURNIL DU TALMEUNIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CDR CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	JENCO · SODISEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	BAK · AUNISDRIVE · MY DONUTS FACTORY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE FERRIERES	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 MUNICIPALE EDMOND GRASSET	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	5	L'ATELIER SOFISTYL · AMANDINE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 300 2023: 1,573 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 796 (2012) → 1,573 (2023): 97.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 306 (1990) → 1,573 (2023): 414.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 701, of which 2.9 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.8 km WGP — 2.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.4 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 (Ferrières): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ferrières): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Courçon): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ferrières): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 29.1

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARANS weather station, 15.1 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[11]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RONDE (LA), 11.3 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17158/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17158/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17158/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17158/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17396
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17127
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
Ferrières-en-Bray	76	411 km NE	1,669	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 69 %
Parthenay-de-Bretagne	35	230 km N	1,793	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Landrethun-le-Nord	62	549 km N	1,242	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
Ségoufielle	32	329 km SE	1,197	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 74 %
Alissas	07	460 km E	1,519	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 81 %
Brouckerque	59	574 km NE	1,452	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Parthenay-de-Bretagne	35	230 km N	1,793	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Ségoufielle	32	329 km SE	1,197	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 74 %
Ferrières-en-Bray	76	411 km NE	1,669	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 69 %
Alissas	07	460 km E	1,519	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 81 %
Landrethun-le-Nord	62	549 km N	1,242	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
Brouckerque	59	574 km NE	1,452	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 %

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