Neuvicq-le-Château

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17261

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Neuvicq-le-Château (INSEE 17261) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 365 (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 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 18,070 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.45	10	4.48
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE YOANN ET JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE NEUVICQ-LE-CHATEAU). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NEUVICQ LE CHATEAU AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE YOANN ET JULIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE NEUVICQ-LE-CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	NEUVICQ LE CHATEAU 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 504 2023: 365 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 355 (2012) → 365 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 385 (1990) → 365 (2023): -5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 235, of which 10.2 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km NWPharmacy — 7.2 km SGP — 8.4 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 (Neuvicq-le-Château): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Siecq): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rouillac): 8.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sigogne): 7.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Neuvicq-le-Château): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.6

Days at or below 0 °C 41.4

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MATHA weather station, 13.6 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[12]

The village sits 50 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LES-TOUCHES, 13.8 km away at 52 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, 13.6 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 — 17261/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17261/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17261/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17261/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17427
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16369
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
Gevingey	39	446 km E	442	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sognolles-en-Montois	77	393 km NE	371	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Nuzéjouls	46	185 km SE	352	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Chamouillac	17	59 km SW	370	26.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Gerponville	76	442 km N	397	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 69 %
Gouhenans	70	544 km NE	357	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chamouillac	17	59 km SW	370	26.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Nuzéjouls	46	185 km SE	352	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Sognolles-en-Montois	77	393 km NE	371	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Gerponville	76	442 km N	397	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 69 %
Gevingey	39	446 km E	442	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Gouhenans	70	544 km NE	357	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · 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 Neuvicq-le-Château'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
Ambérac	16	19 km E	315	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lerné	37	150 km N	351	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cherves	86	103 km N	529	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cinais	37	152 km N	372	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Maisonneuve	86	104 km N	319	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Graves-Saint-Amant	16	19 km S	326	11.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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