Geay

Charente-Maritime · CC Coeur de Saintonge · INSEE 17171

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

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Geay (INSEE 17171) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Coeur de Saintonge. Population 788 (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/17171-geay

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 15,709 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL FOURNIL DE FRICHEBOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DEBOTTE MARIE LAURE). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE GEAY). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL FOURNIL DE FRICHEBOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	DEBOTTE MARIE LAURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE GEAY	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	GEAY 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 509 2023: 788 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 705 (2012) → 788 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 464 (1990) → 788 (2023): 69.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 413, of which 9.4 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km SWGP — 3.8 km NWPharmacy — 5.8 km S 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 (Geay): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Geay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bords): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Porchaire): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Geay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the LES NOUILLERS weather station, 9.3 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 15 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BORDS, 4.2 km away at 6 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

58 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 189,028 € — 1,408 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Charente-Maritime is 2,339 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17171/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17171/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17171/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17171/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17387
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Montreuil-en-Touraine	37	222 km NE	740	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Filstroff	57	668 km NE	778	29.9	Few services	no figures
Pazayac	24	187 km SE	811	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Ouen-sur-Iton	61	337 km N	826	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Binas	41	282 km NE	674	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Vecoux	88	609 km NE	871	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pazayac	24	187 km SE	811	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Montreuil-en-Touraine	37	222 km NE	740	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Binas	41	282 km NE	674	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Ouen-sur-Iton	61	337 km N	826	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Vecoux	88	609 km NE	871	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Filstroff	57	668 km NE	778	29.9	Few services	no figures

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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 Geay'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
Arcizac-Adour	65	310 km S	614	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Martres-de-Rivière	31	330 km S	418	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cherves	86	112 km NE	529	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Benais	37	175 km NE	945	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvicq-le-Château	17	47 km E	365	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Sévère	16	43 km E	519	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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