Loix

Charente-Maritime · CC de l'Ile de Ré · INSEE 17207

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Loix (INSEE 17207) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de l'Ile de Ré. Population 745 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/17207-loix

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 86 % of the 16,090 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.83	10	8.28
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PLACE DES DELICES). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR · AUX SAVEURS DE FANNY). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA PRESQU'ILE · LA ROUTE DU SEL · LES GALETTES D'ANAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE LOIX). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (ELISTYLE · BARN'S · SAKURA BY KARO). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL FLEUR DE RE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (FLOWER CAMPING LES ILATES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PLACE DES DELICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SPAR · AUX SAVEURS DE FANNY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LA PRESQU'ILE · LA ROUTE DU SEL · LES GALETTES D'ANAIS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE LOIX	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LOIX	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	3	ELISTYLE · BARN'S · SAKURA BY KARO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL FLEUR DE RE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	FLOWER CAMPING LES ILATES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 439 2023: 745 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 674 (2012) → 745 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 561 (1990) → 745 (2023): 32.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,188, of which 66.6 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.5 km SPharmacy — 3.6 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 (Loix): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loix): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Couarde-sur-Mer): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Couarde-sur-Mer): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Loix): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 16.6▸

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COUARDE SUR MER weather station, 3.6 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHELLE-ILE DE RE, 19.5 km away at 20 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COUARDE SUR MER, 3.6 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17207/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17207/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17207/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17207/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17121
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
Île-Tudy	29	274 km NW	742	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Landry	73	637 km E	813	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 64 %
Aussois	73	644 km E	676	65.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Grues	85	22 km NE	927	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Cordon	74	621 km E	998	55.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Montriond	74	626 km E	969	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 24 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grues	85	22 km NE	927	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Île-Tudy	29	274 km NW	742	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Cordon	74	621 km E	998	55.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Montriond	74	626 km E	969	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 24 % · humidity 64 %
Landry	73	637 km E	813	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 64 %
Aussois	73	644 km E	676	65.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · 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 Loix'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
Solaro	2B	984 km SE	736	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Camoël	56	158 km NW	1,183	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Guérinière	85	103 km NW	1,377	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Talais	33	89 km S	764	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Roche-Bernard	56	158 km NW	746	68.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christophe	17	39 km E	1,422	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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