Forges

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17166

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Forges (INSEE 17166) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 1,308 (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/17166-forges

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 12,625 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ LISETTE BRUNCH AMBULANT). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RUE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	CHEZ LISETTE BRUNCH AMBULANT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE FORGES	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	FORGES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RUE DE LA MAIRIE	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	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

1968: 718 2023: 1,308 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,224 (2012) → 1,308 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 786 (1990) → 1,308 (2023): 66.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 610, of which 2.8 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km SWGP — 3.0 km SWPharmacy — 3.1 km NWFood shop — 3.2 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 (Le Thou): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Thou): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Forges): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

Muggy days a summer 6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 12.4 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-LAURENT PREE-INRAE, 16.3 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MURON, 10.5 km away at 11 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 — 17166/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17166/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17166/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17166/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17447
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17166
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
Savigny-Lévescault	86	116 km NE	1,240	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Rebréchien	45	306 km NE	1,441	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Liverdy-en-Brie	77	400 km NE	1,410	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Tresserre	66	493 km SE	1,166	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Charpey	26	484 km E	1,547	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Vasselay	18	277 km NE	1,579	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Savigny-Lévescault	86	116 km NE	1,240	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Vasselay	18	277 km NE	1,579	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rebréchien	45	306 km NE	1,441	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Liverdy-en-Brie	77	400 km NE	1,410	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Charpey	26	484 km E	1,547	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Tresserre	66	493 km SE	1,166	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Forges'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
Vasselay	18	277 km NE	1,579	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chabournay	86	112 km NE	1,274	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Azereix	65	329 km S	992	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Charentay	69	430 km E	1,273	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Oursbelille	65	322 km S	1,222	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Odenas	69	428 km E	938	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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