Le Fouilloux

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17167

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

Few services 33.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Fouilloux (INSEE 17167) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 755 (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/17167-le-fouilloux

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 16,015 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.73	10	7.28
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (LA VIEILLE AUBERGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU FOUILLOUX). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA MOTTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	2	LA VIEILLE AUBERGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU FOUILLOUX	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	LE FOUILLOUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA MOTTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 925 2023: 755 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 764 (2012) → 755 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 615 (1990) → 755 (2023): 22.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 417, of which 3.6 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.6 km NWBakery — 5.1 km SGP — 5.7 km NWPharmacy — 5.8 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 (Saint-Martin-de-Coux): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montguyon): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montguyon): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montguyon): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Fouilloux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 13.4 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 104 m. ^[11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 13.4 km away at 89 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 — 17167/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17167/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17167/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17167/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17366
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17167
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
Joux	69	359 km E	752	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
La Chapelle-de-Surieu	38	395 km E	757	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Espiet	33	45 km S	741	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Angel	03	255 km NE	738	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 73 %
Giou-de-Mamou	15	209 km E	728	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 69 %
Esmery-Hallon	80	556 km NE	715	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Espiet	33	45 km S	741	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Giou-de-Mamou	15	209 km E	728	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Angel	03	255 km NE	738	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 73 %
Joux	69	359 km E	752	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
La Chapelle-de-Surieu	38	395 km E	757	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Esmery-Hallon	80	556 km NE	715	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 92 %

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