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Neuvicq

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17260

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Neuvicq (INSEE 17260) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 378 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/17260-neuvicq

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 18,014 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.64106.42
Housing mix0.9154.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE COCHON TRUFFIER). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE COCHON TRUFFIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 457 2023: 378 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 409 (2012) → 378 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 331 (1990) → 378 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 248, of which 4.4 % second homes and 17.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.0 km S (Montguyon)GP — 3.2 km S (Saint-Martin-d'Ary)Pharmacy — 3.2 km S (Montguyon)Food shop — 3.3 km S (Montguyon)Primary school — 3.4 km S (Montguyon)
Bakery — 3.0 km SGP — 3.2 km SPharmacy — 3.2 km SFood shop — 3.3 km SPrimary school — 3.4 km S 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 (Montguyon): 3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montguyon): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Martin-d'Ary): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Montguyon): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Montguyon): 3.4 km to the south (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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 9.1 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 96 m. [10]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 9.1 km away at 89 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 — 17260/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17260/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17260/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17260/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17241
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17365
  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
Sainte-Christie-d'Armagnac32163 km S38219.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Cambon-lès-Lavaur81245 km SE36224.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Montdurausse81200 km SE39624.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Bussac2462 km E37925.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Castillon14443 km N36824.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 96 %
Vausseroux79145 km N33419No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bussac2462 km E37925.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Vausseroux79145 km N33419No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Sainte-Christie-d'Armagnac32163 km S38219.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Montdurausse81200 km SE39624.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Cambon-lès-Lavaur81245 km SE36224.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Castillon14443 km N36824.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 96 %

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