Nieul-lès-Saintes

Charente-Maritime · CC Coeur de Saintonge · INSEE 17262

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

Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nieul-lès-Saintes (INSEE 17262) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Coeur de Saintonge. Population 1,186 (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/17262-nieul-les-saintes

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 13,274 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.74	10	7.44
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API NIEUL LES SAINTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PAUSE NIEULAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (EVA'COUP). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	API NIEUL LES SAINTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA PAUSE NIEULAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	EVA'COUP	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 636 peak 2017: 1,252 2023: 1,186 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,116 (2012) → 1,186 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 953 (1990) → 1,186 (2023): 24.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 613, of which 3.3 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.9 km EBakery — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 5.7 km E 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 (Les Essards): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nieul-lès-Saintes): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saintes): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Nieul-lès-Saintes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 28.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINTES weather station, 6.3 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 6.3 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINTES, 6.3 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 — 17262/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17262/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17262/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17262/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17262
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17336
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17415
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
Saint-Jean-la-Bussière	69	392 km E	1,163	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Paul-les-Fonts	30	460 km E	1,056	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Georges-Buttavent	53	284 km N	1,367	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 84 %
Chambles	42	388 km E	1,075	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 64 %
Missiriac	56	262 km NW	1,195	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Carné	22	312 km N	1,167	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Missiriac	56	262 km NW	1,195	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Georges-Buttavent	53	284 km N	1,367	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Carné	22	312 km N	1,167	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Chambles	42	388 km E	1,075	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-la-Bussière	69	392 km E	1,163	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Paul-les-Fonts	30	460 km E	1,056	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Nieul-lès-Saintes'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-Sauveur	33	62 km S	1,245	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	92 km S	956	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Léguillac-de-l'Auche	24	119 km SE	968	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Baurech	33	117 km S	907	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Baron	33	109 km S	1,218	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Capian	33	121 km S	809	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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