Gémozac

Charente-Maritime · CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole · INSEE 17172

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

Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gémozac (INSEE 17172) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. Population 3,052 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17172-gemozac

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 7,024 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	0.43	25	10.64
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.5	10	4.99
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.81	10	8.08
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (HLI · LA FRANGIPANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIOCOOP GEMOZAC). ^[3,4]

3 × Supermarket (GEMODIAL · LIDL · ACTION FRANCE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA FLORENTINE · HASTA LA PIZZA · RES THE AVEC NOUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EMILES COMBES). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES FERRY). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MICHEL CATTIER, MÉDECIN · GEOFFREY SAINT-ELLIER, MÉDECIN · SEVERINE MASSIAS-GOUGEON, MÉDECIN · GUY-CHARLES BECRIT, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE NAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT-PIERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES BEAUPLANTS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (MARTZEL MARIA STELLA · GENERATION STYL' · COIFFURE ZEN ESPRIT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	HLI · LA FRANGIPANE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BIOCOOP GEMOZAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	3	GEMODIAL · LIDL · ACTION FRANCE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LA FLORENTINE · HASTA LA PIZZA · RES THE AVEC NOUS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EMILES COMBES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	JEAN-MICHEL CATTIER, MÉDECIN · GEOFFREY SAINT-ELLIER, MÉDECIN · SEVERINE MASSIAS-GOUGEON, MÉDECIN · GUY-CHARLES BECRIT, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE NAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAINT-PIERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES BEAUPLANTS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	9	MARTZEL MARIA STELLA · GENERATION STYL' · COIFFURE ZEN ESPRIT	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,236 2023: 3,052 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,799 (2012) → 3,052 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,333 (1990) → 3,052 (2023): 30.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,682, of which 7.4 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Gémozac): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Gémozac): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gémozac): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gémozac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gémozac): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35.5

Muggy days a summer 9.1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 5.4 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 5.4 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 5.4 km away at 55 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 — 17172/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/88b29a37-1571-3298-a64a-85c4878bc3f5— “Marché de Gémozac”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17172/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17172/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17172/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17172
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
Poilly-lez-Gien	45	343 km NE	2,465	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Picauville	50	427 km N	3,228	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Lafrançaise	82	220 km SE	2,865	62.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Druelle Balsac	12	284 km SE	3,187	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %
Allonnes	49	199 km N	2,911	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Crossac	44	235 km NW	2,974	48	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Allonnes	49	199 km N	2,911	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Lafrançaise	82	220 km SE	2,865	62.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Crossac	44	235 km NW	2,974	48	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Druelle Balsac	12	284 km SE	3,187	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %
Poilly-lez-Gien	45	343 km NE	2,465	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Picauville	50	427 km N	3,228	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Gémozac'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
Pugnac	33	56 km S	2,453	58.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Berson	33	52 km S	1,846	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Targon	33	98 km S	2,079	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Burie	17	30 km NE	1,338	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Val de Virvée	33	65 km S	3,793	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Hélène	33	69 km S	3,091	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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