La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien (INSEE 17184) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Rochefort Océan. Population 604 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 79 % of the 17,042 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.77 | 5 | 3.87 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API LA GRIPPERIE SAINT SYMPHORIEN). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (CANTY TRAITEUR · PIZZ OLIVE 17). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU HERON BLANC LA...). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bank.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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) | 1 | API LA GRIPPERIE SAINT SYMPHORIEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | CANTY TRAITEUR · PIZZ OLIVE 17 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU HERON BLANC LA... | 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 | 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
Population 582 (2012) → 604 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 402 (1990) → 604 (2023): 50.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 300, of which 11.3 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Jean-d'Angle): 2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST AGNANT weather station, 10 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 29 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST AGNANT, 10 km away at 18 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST AGNANT, 10 km away at 18 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 — 17184/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17184/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17184/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17184/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17348
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17184
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17284
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosmagny | 90 | 634 km NE | 569 | 34.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 % |
| Chaussy | 95 | 419 km NE | 631 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 50 % |
| Escoussens | 81 | 358 km SE | 614 | 40.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cieurac | 46 | 250 km SE | 660 | 37.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
| Courtonne-la-Meurdrac | 14 | 382 km N | 683 | 32.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 % |
| Dangy | 50 | 361 km N | 648 | 33.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cieurac | 46 | 250 km SE | 660 | 37.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
| Escoussens | 81 | 358 km SE | 614 | 40.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Dangy | 50 | 361 km N | 648 | 33.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 % |
| Courtonne-la-Meurdrac | 14 | 382 km N | 683 | 32.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 % |
| Chaussy | 95 | 419 km NE | 631 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 50 % |
| Grosmagny | 90 | 634 km NE | 569 | 34.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarrouilles | 65 | 298 km S | 551 | 26.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Armou | 64 | 271 km S | 609 | 28.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nieul-le-Virouil | 17 | 55 km SE | 573 | 27.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Chay | 17 | 18 km S | 840 | 34.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Arces | 17 | 29 km S | 716 | 32 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Grézac | 17 | 24 km S | 955 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
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