La Laigne

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Atlantique · INSEE 17201

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

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Laigne (INSEE 17201) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Atlantique. Population 500 (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/17201-la-laigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,798 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LOUIS-PIERRE MOINIER). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'BEAUTE KYSARA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LOUIS-PIERRE MOINIER	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	1	L'BEAUTE KYSARA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 336 2023: 500 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 437 (2012) → 500 (2023): 14.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 243 (1990) → 500 (2023): 105.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 5.4 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.5 km EPrimary school — 2.7 km EFood shop — 4.7 km WGP — 5.0 km NWPharmacy — 5.3 km NW 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 (Cram-Chaban): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Benon): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Courçon): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Courçon): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cram-Chaban): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

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, 13.2 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[11]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RONDE (LA), 10 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

41 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 137,000 € — 1,250 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Charente-Maritime is 2,339 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17201/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17201/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17201/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17201/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17127
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Néronde-sur-Dore	63	334 km E	483	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 %
Lecques	30	462 km SE	473	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 82 %
Rouffiac	17	62 km S	519	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
La Vèze	25	532 km E	493	23.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 32 %
Giel-Courteilles	61	287 km N	488	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Gorgon	56	195 km NW	443	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouffiac	17	62 km S	519	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Gorgon	56	195 km NW	443	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 80 %
Giel-Courteilles	61	287 km N	488	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Néronde-sur-Dore	63	334 km E	483	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 %
Lecques	30	462 km SE	473	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 82 %
La Vèze	25	532 km E	493	23.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 32 %

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