Matha

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17224

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

Served 72/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Matha (INSEE 17224) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 2,191 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17224-matha

Vitality score

Vitality score 72/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 9,008 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	0.79	25	19.68
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.78	10	7.75
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.5	10	5.04
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DES CHARENTES · LE FOURNIL PAR MABILLOT · LE RELAIS DES GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE BOUDIN GRIS · AU PETIT COCHON ROSE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (THAMA · U EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (LA MAREE BLEUE · SARL LA PETITE MAREE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (MARY GALANTE · MATHA KEBAB · DORANDRIS · LES FLEURS DU MALT · LE TRISKEL). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (DISCOTHEQUE VIBRATION). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MATHA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE EC. PRIMAIRE N-D LA PROVIDENCE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARC JEANJEAN). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SANDRINE PERE, MÉDECIN · JEROME POIRIER, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CLAIRE PUCHAU, MÉDECIN · JORIS GENEAU, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN MARBOEUF, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CAPON LASNIER · PHARMACIE XICLUNA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE FORUM). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE BEAUVAIS & MATHA · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (AS'STYLE · COIFF'ST · LES CISEAUX DE CATHERINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	AUX DELICES DES CHARENTES · LE FOURNIL PAR MABILLOT · LE RELAIS DES GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	4	LE BOUDIN GRIS · AU PETIT COCHON ROSE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	THAMA · U EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2	LA MAREE BLEUE · SARL LA PETITE MAREE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	MARY GALANTE · MATHA KEBAB · DORANDRIS · LES FLEURS DU MALT · LE TRISKEL	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	DISCOTHEQUE VIBRATION	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE MATHA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MATHA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE EC. PRIMAIRE N-D LA PROVIDENCE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MARC JEANJEAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	SANDRINE PERE, MÉDECIN · JEROME POIRIER, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CLAIRE PUCHAU, MÉDECIN · JORIS GENEAU, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN MARBOEUF, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE CAPON LASNIER · PHARMACIE XICLUNA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE FORUM	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE BEAUVAIS & MATHA · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	5	AS'STYLE · COIFF'ST · LES CISEAUX DE CATHERINE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,141 peak 1982: 2,300 2023: 2,191 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,205 (2012) → 2,191 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,183 (1990) → 2,191 (2023): 0.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,312, of which 3.5 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 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 (Matha): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Matha): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Matha): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Matha): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.7

Muggy days a summer 5

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MATHA weather station, 0.9 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LES-TOUCHES, 8.8 km away at 52 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 842 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MATHA, 0.9 km away at 38 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 — 17224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17224/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17224
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
Bréval	78	370 km N	2,151	60.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Combronde	63	264 km E	2,138	59.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Buxy	71	397 km E	2,150	63.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Luneray	76	450 km N	2,169	62.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Epfig	67	651 km NE	2,263	57.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Andouillé	53	259 km N	2,321	61.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Andouillé	53	259 km N	2,321	61.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Combronde	63	264 km E	2,138	59.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Bréval	78	370 km N	2,151	60.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Buxy	71	397 km E	2,150	63.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Luneray	76	450 km N	2,169	62.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Epfig	67	651 km NE	2,263	57.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Matha'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
Chalais	16	72 km SE	1,812	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mansle-les-Fontaines	16	39 km E	2,088	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Valençay	36	204 km NE	2,228	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Caraman	31	308 km SE	2,513	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier	58	283 km E	1,823	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne	33	132 km S	1,885	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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