Marsais

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17221

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

Partly served 55.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsais (INSEE 17221) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 981 (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 55.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 14,434 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.9	10	8.97
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LES 4 B). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (FAST AND FAMOUS · MARGAUFRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE MARSAISIEN). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU BOIS HARDY MARSAIS). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARSAIS AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL LES 4 B	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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	2	FAST AND FAMOUS · MARGAUFRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE MARSAISIEN	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU BOIS HARDY MARSAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MARSAIS	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	MARSAIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 870 2023: 981 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 911 (2012) → 981 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 702 (1990) → 981 (2023): 39.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 487, of which 5.5 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Pharmacy Bakery — 2.1 km WPrimary school — 2.2 km WFood shop — 4.0 km SGP — 6.2 km NE 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 (Marsais): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Félix): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val-du-Mignon): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Marsais): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marsais): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

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 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, 10.4 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 19.3 km away at 36 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SURGERES, 10.4 km away at 25 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 — 17221/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17221/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17221/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17221/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17221
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17327
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79334
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
Cuts	60	469 km NE	949	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Même-les-Carrières	16	65 km SE	1,023	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Léré	18	304 km NE	1,110	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Cézy	89	364 km NE	1,070	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mattaincourt	88	563 km NE	802	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Boucoiran-et-Nozières	30	445 km SE	991	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Même-les-Carrières	16	65 km SE	1,023	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Léré	18	304 km NE	1,110	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Cézy	89	364 km NE	1,070	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Boucoiran-et-Nozières	30	445 km SE	991	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Cuts	60	469 km NE	949	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mattaincourt	88	563 km NE	802	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Marsais'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
Cézy	89	364 km NE	1,070	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes	37	193 km NE	963	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais	72	245 km N	890	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert	58	298 km E	1,073	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Les Vallées de la Vanne	89	380 km NE	1,021	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Restigné	37	144 km NE	1,139	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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