Montils

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17242

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

Partly served 46.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montils (INSEE 17242) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 867 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17242-montils

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 15,194 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.85	10	8.46
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE MANOA · SAVEURS ET TRADITION). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COOP). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE MONTILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MONTILS). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (AMBIANCE TIF COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AUX DELICES DE MANOA · SAVEURS ET TRADITION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE RELAIS DE MONTILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MONTILS	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	1	MONTILS 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	2	AMBIANCE TIF COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 647 2023: 867 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 815 (2012) → 867 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 644 (1990) → 867 (2023): 34.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 458, of which 8.5 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 3.9 km SE 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 (Montils): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Pérignac): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pérignac): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montils): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 9.1

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SALIGNAC weather station, 6.8 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 40 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 10.9 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SALIGNAC, 6.8 km away at 15 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 — 17242/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17242/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17242/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17242/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17242
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17273
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
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	457 km E	801	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Brignac-la-Plaine	19	153 km E	977	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Vouhé	17	60 km N	674	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Front-de-Pradoux	24	95 km SE	1,148	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac	33	70 km S	994	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Anglade	33	50 km S	887	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Anglade	33	50 km S	887	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Vouhé	17	60 km N	674	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac	33	70 km S	994	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Front-de-Pradoux	24	95 km SE	1,148	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Brignac-la-Plaine	19	153 km E	977	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	457 km E	801	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Montils'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-Martial-d'Artenset	24	89 km SE	943	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pujo	65	260 km S	671	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Gurson	24	91 km SE	653	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Césaire	17	12 km N	888	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Pointis-Inard	31	304 km S	919	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Brach	33	76 km SW	906	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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