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Orignolles

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17269

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

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orignolles (INSEE 17269) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 698 (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/17269-orignolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 16,393 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.57105.69
Housing mix0.9454.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CHEZ MAGUY · LE ROCK EN BOUCHE). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ORIGNOLLES). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER D'EMILIE (SALON DE COIFFURE) · COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar2CHEZ MAGUY · LE ROCK EN BOUCHEINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'ORIGNOLLESINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2L'ATELIER D'EMILIE (SALON DE COIFFURE) · COIFFURE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 611 2023: 698 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 649 (2012) → 698 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 653 (1990) → 698 (2023): 6.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 372, of which 3 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.8 km NW (Montlieu-la-Garde)Bakery — 2.4 km W (Montlieu-la-Garde)Food shop — 2.8 km W (Montlieu-la-Garde)Pharmacy — 4.0 km SE (Montguyon)
In the commune Primary school GP — 1.8 km NWBakery — 2.4 km WFood shop — 2.8 km WPharmacy — 4.0 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 (Montlieu-la-Garde): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montlieu-la-Garde): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Montlieu-la-Garde): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Montguyon): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Orignolles): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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. [11]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 4.6 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 106 m. [11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 4.6 km away at 89 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17269/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17269/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17269/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17269/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17243
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17241
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17269
  11. 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
Berville-en-Caux76504 km N69833.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 96 %
Pommerieux53293 km N66729.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Arquenay53308 km N67433Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Ourton62615 km N71928.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 97 %
Sainte-Austreberthe76494 km N66231.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Sixte42334 km E66929.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pommerieux53293 km N66729.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Arquenay53308 km N67433Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Sixte42334 km E66929.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %
Sainte-Austreberthe76494 km N66231.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Berville-en-Caux76504 km N69833.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 96 %
Ourton62615 km N71928.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 97 %

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