Mirambeau

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17236

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

Partly served 42.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mirambeau (INSEE 17236) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 1,520 (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 42.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 11,543 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.58	10	5.79
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (LE PAIN DU TAILLON). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (PROMALIM). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SAS RC HOSPITALITY · LA MIRAMBOUCHE · PIZZA GIGI · FERREIRA PINTO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MIRAMBEAU). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DIDIER DAURAT). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LINDA LALUQUE, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE PILLET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MIRAMBEAU). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · GYMNASE). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MIRAMBEAU). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (CATHY COIFFURE · LA COIFFURE BIO D'ELODIE · NH). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU DE MIRAMBEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PAIN DU TAILLON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	PROMALIM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	SAS RC HOSPITALITY · LA MIRAMBOUCHE · PIZZA GIGI · FERREIRA PINTO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE MIRAMBEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MIRAMBEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DIDIER DAURAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LINDA LALUQUE, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE PILLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MIRAMBEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MIRAMBEAU	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	6	CATHY COIFFURE · LA COIFFURE BIO D'ELODIE · NH	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	CHATEAU DE MIRAMBEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,541 2023: 1,520 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,491 (2012) → 1,520 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,409 (1990) → 1,520 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 987, of which 7.5 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 7.3 km W 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 (Mirambeau): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mirambeau): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-sur-Gironde): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 15.7 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 58 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 15.7 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MIRAMBEAU, 0.3 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17236/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17236/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17236/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17236/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17312
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
Lezay	79	108 km NE	2,024	50.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Bazoches-les-Gallerandes	45	369 km NE	1,465	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 64 %
Les Ancizes-Comps	63	270 km E	1,682	51.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Beaulon	03	355 km NE	1,649	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Clermont-en-Argonne	55	594 km NE	1,406	48	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %
Nieul	87	149 km NE	1,577	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lezay	79	108 km NE	2,024	50.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Nieul	87	149 km NE	1,577	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Les Ancizes-Comps	63	270 km E	1,682	51.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Beaulon	03	355 km NE	1,649	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Bazoches-les-Gallerandes	45	369 km NE	1,465	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 64 %
Clermont-en-Argonne	55	594 km NE	1,406	48	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %

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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 Mirambeau'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
Saint-Porchaire	17	53 km N	2,040	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Segonzac	16	39 km NE	2,083	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Targon	33	75 km S	2,079	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche	17	53 km N	1,350	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Burie	17	46 km N	1,338	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult	17	56 km NW	1,811	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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