Fontenet
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fontenet (INSEE 17165) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 391 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 11.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 9 % of the 18,009 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 | 0.57 | 10 | 5.71 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.36 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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 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) | 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 | 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
Population 394 (2012) → 391 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 365 (1990) → 391 (2023): 7.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 6.4 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Varaize): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Varaize): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MATHA weather station, 12 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 26 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 12.4 km away at 36 m, over 29 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., 6.1 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 — 17165/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17165/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17165/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17165/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17459
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17350
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cléville | 14 | 362 km N | 389 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Liez | 02 | 505 km NE | 385 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hagen | 57 | 636 km NE | 387 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 53 % |
| Luxe-Sumberraute | 64 | 290 km S | 385 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 % |
| Vorges | 02 | 505 km NE | 383 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Taillette | 08 | 579 km NE | 407 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxe-Sumberraute | 64 | 290 km S | 385 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 % |
| Cléville | 14 | 362 km N | 389 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Liez | 02 | 505 km NE | 385 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vorges | 02 | 505 km NE | 383 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Taillette | 08 | 579 km NE | 407 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hagen | 57 | 636 km NE | 387 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 53 % |
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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 Fontenet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artannes-sur-Thouet | 49 | 146 km N | 405 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tauriac | 81 | 277 km SE | 413 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chapelle-Thémer | 85 | 82 km NW | 393 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Amant-de-Nouère | 16 | 40 km SE | 345 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Antezant-la-Chapelle | 17 | 7.8 km N | 367 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Castin | 32 | 259 km S | 337 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
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