Nieul-le-Virouil

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17263

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nieul-le-Virouil (INSEE 17263) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 573 (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 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,307 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.48
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

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

1 × Restaurant (FENUAKI). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE NIEUL-LE-VIROUIL). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	FENUAKI	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 PRIMAIRE DE NIEUL-LE-VIROUIL	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	NIEUL LE VIROUIL 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 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: 660 2023: 573 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 592 (2012) → 573 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 547 (1990) → 573 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 348, of which 10.9 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.7 km SWGP — 4.8 km SWBakery — 4.9 km SWPharmacy — 6.8 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 (Mirambeau): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mirambeau): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mirambeau): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Jonzac): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Nieul-le-Virouil): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 10.9 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 10.9 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MIRAMBEAU, 5.3 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17263/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17263/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17263/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17263/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17263
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
Myennes	58	349 km NE	535	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Beussent	62	597 km N	546	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière	14	410 km N	536	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Lessard-en-Bresse	71	458 km E	561	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 80 %
Chalmoux	71	363 km NE	639	25	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Chénas	69	417 km E	533	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Myennes	58	349 km NE	535	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Chalmoux	71	363 km NE	639	25	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière	14	410 km N	536	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Chénas	69	417 km E	533	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lessard-en-Bresse	71	458 km E	561	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 80 %
Beussent	62	597 km N	546	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · 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-le-Virouil'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
Chénas	69	417 km E	533	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lansac	33	39 km S	663	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Salignac-sur-Charente	17	30 km N	606	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Valeyrac	33	29 km W	552	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Civrac-en-Médoc	33	30 km W	634	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Espiet	33	71 km S	741	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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