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Marsilly

Charente-Maritime · CA de La Rochelle · INSEE 17222

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

Partly served 45/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsilly (INSEE 17222) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA de La Rochelle. Population 3,176 (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/17222-marsilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 45/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 6,798 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.2255.12
Social0.542010.86
Education0.22102.21
Health0.43104.27
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9454.7

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 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”.

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LA P'TITE BOULANGE · SAS GRIZZO). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (U EXPRESS). [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (CAPUPPER). [3,4]

8 × Restaurant (TOM'S FOODTRUCK · DU SOLEIL DANS TA VIE · BINOME BY ANAIS ET HERVE · ENTRE TERRE ET MER). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MARSELLOIS). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANITA CONTI MARSILLY). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NATHALIE DORIN, MÉDECIN · MARC PERROTIN, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MARIA, MÉDECIN · THOMAS FERNANDEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE LES AMIS DU LIVRE). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (ANGVAL COIFFURE · RICHEFORT ANGELE · L'HAIR DU LARGE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2SARL LA P'TITE BOULANGE · SAS GRIZZOINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1U EXPRESSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1CAPUPPERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant8TOM'S FOODTRUCK · DU SOLEIL DANS TA VIE · BINOME BY ANAIS ET HERVE · ENTRE TERRE ET MERINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE MARSELLOISINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANITA CONTI MARSILLYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4NATHALIE DORIN, MÉDECIN · MARC PERROTIN, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MARIA, MÉDECIN · THOMAS FERNANDEZ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1MARSILLY APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE LES AMIS DU LIVREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4ANGVAL COIFFURE · RICHEFORT ANGELE · L'HAIR DU LARGEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,005 2023: 3,176 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,768 (2012) → 3,176 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,926 (1990) → 3,176 (2023): 64.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,610, of which 3 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 2.3 km NE (Esnandes)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.3 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 (Marsilly): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marsilly): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Marsilly): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Esnandes): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Marsilly): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LA ROCHELLE-ILE DE RE weather station, 7.3 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 19 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, 7.3 km away at 20 m, over 25 summers. [10]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHELLE-ILE DE RE, 7.3 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17222/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17222/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17222/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17222/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17222
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17153
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux38506 km E3,18640.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 27 % · humidity 64 %
Chomérac07483 km E3,18343.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Cessieu38509 km E3,25941.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Lailly-en-Val45274 km NE3,10137.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 38 %
Trémentines49103 km N3,10135.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Sérignan-du-Comtat84520 km SE2,93952.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Trémentines49103 km N3,10135.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Lailly-en-Val45274 km NE3,10137.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 38 %
Chomérac07483 km E3,18343.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux38506 km E3,18640.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 27 % · humidity 64 %
Cessieu38509 km E3,25941.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Sérignan-du-Comtat84520 km SE2,93952.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · 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 Marsilly'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Esnandes172.7 km NE2,22451.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mars-de-Coutais44108 km NW2,69849.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Soulle1711 km SE5,03449.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Geneston4496 km N3,68548.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Brains44114 km NW2,70949.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bignon44100 km N3,97651.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %