La Genétouze

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17173

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

No daily shops 15.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Genétouze (INSEE 17173) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 217 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/17173-la-genetouze

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 16,488 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.31	10	3.1
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[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), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	1	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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

1968: 379 2023: 217 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 209 (2012) → 217 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 268 (1990) → 217 (2023): -19 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 155, of which 13.5 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 5.1 km EBakery — 5.4 km EPrimary school — 6.3 km NPharmacy — 7.0 km SGP — 7.1 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 (Saint-Avit): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Parcoul-Chenaud): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Aigulin): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aigulin): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Yviers): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17173/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17173/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17173/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17173/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16302
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17309
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16424

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
Vescours	01	415 km E	221	19.9	No daily shops	no figures
Saint-Cirgue	81	236 km SE	224	17.8	No daily shops	no figures
Montardit	09	258 km SE	224	23.6	Few services	no figures
Andelaroche	03	315 km NE	214	14.8	No daily shops	no figures
Montauriol	47	82 km SE	226	20.2	Few services	no figures
Servas	30	354 km E	219	23	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montauriol	47	82 km SE	226	20.2	Few services	no figures
Saint-Cirgue	81	236 km SE	224	17.8	No daily shops	no figures
Montardit	09	258 km SE	224	23.6	Few services	no figures
Andelaroche	03	315 km NE	214	14.8	No daily shops	no figures
Servas	30	354 km E	219	23	Few services	no figures
Vescours	01	415 km E	221	19.9	No daily shops	no figures

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