Le Gua

Charente-Maritime · CC du Bassin de Marennes · INSEE 17185

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

Served 63.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Gua (INSEE 17185) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC du Bassin de Marennes. Population 2,129 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17185-le-gua

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 9,182 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	0.65	25	16.23
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.61
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON MARY · LES SAVEURS D'AUTREFOIS · CHRISTHIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ARTISANALE JULIEN BELL). ^[3,4]

3 × Supermarket (MAISON ET PASSION · ACTION · LEGUADIS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PIZZAS AU FEU DE BOIS · LA PIZZ O FLO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DU LOGIS LE GUA). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU GUA). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURIANE LADRAT, MÉDECIN · FLORIE CORDEL, MÉDECIN · JEREMY COTTY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU GUA). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE GUA LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (NEW LOOK 4 V · COULEURS DU TEMPS · LE COIFFEUR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE MOULIN DE CHALONS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	MAISON MARY · LES SAVEURS D'AUTREFOIS · CHRISTHIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ARTISANALE JULIEN BELL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	3	MAISON ET PASSION · ACTION · LEGUADIS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	PIZZAS AU FEU DE BOIS · LA PIZZ O FLO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DU LOGIS LE GUA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU GUA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	LAURIANE LADRAT, MÉDECIN · FLORIE CORDEL, MÉDECIN · JEREMY COTTY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU GUA	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	LE GUA LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE	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	4	NEW LOOK 4 V · COULEURS DU TEMPS · LE COIFFEUR	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE MOULIN DE CHALONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,513 2023: 2,129 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,065 (2012) → 2,129 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,689 (1990) → 2,129 (2023): 26.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,156, of which 9.9 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Le Gua): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Gua): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Gua): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Gua): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Gua): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ROYAN-MEDIS weather station, 10.6 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 5 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 10.6 km away at 12 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SAUJON, 5.6 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17185/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17185/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17185/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17185/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17185
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
Le Fousseret	31	315 km SE	1,863	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Feyre	23	226 km E	2,566	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Château-Renard	45	383 km NE	2,112	61	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Châteauvillain	52	514 km NE	1,482	52.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 64 %
Chef-Boutonne	79	80 km NE	2,371	59.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Rouillac	16	68 km E	2,919	70.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouillac	16	68 km E	2,919	70.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chef-Boutonne	79	80 km NE	2,371	59.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Feyre	23	226 km E	2,566	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Le Fousseret	31	315 km SE	1,863	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Renard	45	383 km NE	2,112	61	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Châteauvillain	52	514 km NE	1,482	52.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Le Gua'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
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure	16	109 km E	3,111	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult	17	13 km NE	1,811	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Cozes	17	18 km SE	2,287	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chaunay	86	101 km NE	1,194	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Meursac	17	13 km SE	1,563	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux	86	160 km NE	2,174	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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