Mons

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17239

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mons (INSEE 17239) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 445 (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 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,952 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.51	10	5.14
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (NAT COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MONS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	NAT COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 530 2023: 445 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 443 (2012) → 445 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 439 (1990) → 445 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 246, of which 6.1 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.2 km NWBakery — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 5.6 km NGP — 5.7 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 (Migron): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prignac): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Matha): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Matha): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mons): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

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 6.8

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MATHA weather station, 4.7 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BURIE, 7.5 km away at 56 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 842 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MATHA, 4.7 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17239/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17239/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17239/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17239/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17239
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
Palleville	81	317 km SE	451	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Dampierre-en-Bray	76	439 km N	451	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Villiers-Louis	89	388 km NE	451	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Agne	24	134 km SE	438	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Igny-Comblizy	51	469 km NE	431	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Fougueyrolles	24	114 km S	462	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fougueyrolles	24	114 km S	462	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Agne	24	134 km SE	438	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Palleville	81	317 km SE	451	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Villiers-Louis	89	388 km NE	451	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Dampierre-en-Bray	76	439 km N	451	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Igny-Comblizy	51	469 km NE	431	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Mons'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-Agne	24	134 km SE	438	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Baigneaux	33	123 km S	451	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ordonnac	33	69 km SW	476	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Rivière	33	99 km S	409	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Brousse	81	302 km SE	438	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Daignac	33	114 km S	473	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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