Loulay

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17211

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

Partly served 53.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Loulay (INSEE 17211) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 760 (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/17211-loulay

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 15,973 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.47	10	4.67
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LAAD). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LOULAY). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DE LA TREZENCE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES AUGER, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE THACH, MÉDECIN · THIERRY MARCELOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MARIE MOINEAU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ROLAND COUSSOT HALL DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (A'LISSE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LAAD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LOULAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DE LA TREZENCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	JACQUES AUGER, MÉDECIN · SANDRINE THACH, MÉDECIN · THIERRY MARCELOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ANTEUR	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MARIE MOINEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE ROLAND COUSSOT HALL DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	A'LISSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 764 peak 2012: 804 2023: 760 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 804 (2012) → 760 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 786 (1990) → 760 (2023): -3.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 4.7 % second homes and 11.1 % 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 (Loulay): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Loulay): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Loulay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Loulay): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE weather station, 8.7 km away at 36 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 8.7 km away at 36 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 8.7 km away at 36 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 — 17211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17211
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
Cailly	76	414 km N	731	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 %
Belvèze-du-Razès	11	385 km SE	884	56	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	99 km S	771	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Traînel	10	398 km NE	1,094	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Château-sur-Epte	27	388 km NE	659	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Noidans-le-Ferroux	70	520 km E	646	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	99 km S	771	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Belvèze-du-Razès	11	385 km SE	884	56	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 21 %
Château-sur-Epte	27	388 km NE	659	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Traînel	10	398 km NE	1,094	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Cailly	76	414 km N	731	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 %
Noidans-le-Ferroux	70	520 km E	646	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Loulay'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
Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche	21	426 km E	927	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Seyssel	01	490 km E	1,008	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ébreuil	03	278 km E	1,306	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Hiersac	16	58 km SE	1,142	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Le Puy-Notre-Dame	49	122 km N	1,084	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Preignan	32	275 km S	1,202	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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