Les Nouillers

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17266

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

Few services 36.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Nouillers (INSEE 17266) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 722 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 16,275 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.69	10	6.89
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API DISTRIBUTION SAS). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (JESS.F'HAIR · LES CISEAUX DE NOEMIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API DISTRIBUTION SAS	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LES NOUILLERS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	JESS.F'HAIR · LES CISEAUX DE NOEMIE	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

A seasonal market is recorded here: the source last advertised it for a period that has now ended, and gives no weekday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 593 2023: 722 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 649 (2012) → 722 (2023): 11.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 607 (1990) → 722 (2023): 18.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 8.8 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 5.3 km NWGP — 5.4 km NW 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 (Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Nouillers): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Tonnay-Boutonne): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Tonnay-Boutonne): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Les Nouillers): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LES NOUILLERS weather station, 1.9 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 18.9 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 859 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LES NOUILLERS, 1.9 km away at 18 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 — 17266/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f07991ce-d6cd-3f9c-b468-4d3fa5080af5— “Marché des producteurs”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17266/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17266/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17266/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17266
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17448
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
Neuvy-Grandchamp	71	361 km E	752	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Danzé	41	253 km NE	671	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Les Cars	87	138 km E	612	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-Glain	44	193 km N	809	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 92 %
Harol	88	579 km NE	614	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Ceaux-en-Loudun	86	140 km NE	560	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Cars	87	138 km E	612	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Ceaux-en-Loudun	86	140 km NE	560	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-Glain	44	193 km N	809	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 92 %
Danzé	41	253 km NE	671	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Neuvy-Grandchamp	71	361 km E	752	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Harol	88	579 km NE	614	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Les Nouillers'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
Bouresse	86	109 km NE	620	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chalandray	86	96 km NE	784	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	463 km E	801	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Thors	17	30 km E	477	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-des-Bois	18	262 km NE	587	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Boil	71	419 km E	491	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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