Genouillé

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17174

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

Few services 35.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Genouillé (INSEE 17174) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 872 (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/17174-genouille

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 15,175 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.27

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 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]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE GENOUILLE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE GENOUILLÉ). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ILE VERTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

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 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 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 ELEMENTAIRE DE GENOUILLE	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	GENOUILLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE GENOUILLÉ	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	1	CAMPING L'ILE VERTE	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: 679 peak 2017: 895 2023: 872 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 812 (2012) → 872 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 533 (1990) → 872 (2023): 63.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 449, of which 7.3 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km NWGP — 3.7 km NWPharmacy — 3.7 km NWFood shop — 4.1 km NE 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 (Muron): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Devise): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Muron): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Muron): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Genouillé): 0.2 km to the 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, 9.1 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 29 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, 19 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, 5.9 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 — 17174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17457
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17174
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
Pouzay	37	155 km NE	867	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sauveur	29	363 km NW	849	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Réaumur	85	78 km N	857	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Conilhac-Corbières	11	420 km SE	954	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Fougères	47	207 km SE	855	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bellefontaine	88	591 km NE	952	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 38 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Réaumur	85	78 km N	857	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Pouzay	37	155 km NE	867	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Fougères	47	207 km SE	855	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sauveur	29	363 km NW	849	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Conilhac-Corbières	11	420 km SE	954	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Bellefontaine	88	591 km NE	952	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 38 %

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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 Genouillé'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
Chambon	17	11 km NW	983	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montaut-les-Créneaux	32	283 km SE	697	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Labarthe-Inard	31	349 km S	871	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pointis-de-Rivière	31	345 km S	825	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chiré-en-Montreuil	86	98 km NE	922	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Civrac-en-Médoc	33	77 km S	634	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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