Pisany

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17278

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

Partly served 59.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pisany (INSEE 17278) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 759 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17278-pisany

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,966 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.91	10	9.07
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE VINET). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (4N). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ROUFFIGNAT JACKSON · ROUFFIGNAT JACKIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GEORGES COUTURIER). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOSHUA COUSTATY, MÉDECIN · AUDREY FOUQUERAY, MÉDECIN · BENOIT DROMER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (JESS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE VINET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	4N	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	2	ROUFFIGNAT JACKSON · ROUFFIGNAT JACKIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GEORGES COUTURIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	JOSHUA COUSTATY, MÉDECIN · AUDREY FOUQUERAY, MÉDECIN · BENOIT DROMER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	PISANY 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	2	JESS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 08 h 00 à 12 h 00 sous les Halles. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 401 2023: 759 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 625 (2012) → 759 (2023): 21.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 386 (1990) → 759 (2023): 96.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 404, of which 3 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.1 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 (Pisany): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Pisany): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pisany): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Corme-Royal): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pisany): 0 km to the south-west (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. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINTES weather station, 12 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 12 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUJON, 11.6 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17278/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mairie-pisany17.com/commerces.html— “Le marché se tient tous les vendredis matins sous les Halles de 08 h 00 à 12 h 00.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17278/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17278/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17278/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17278
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17120
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
Fretigney-et-Velloreille	70	551 km NE	764	53.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Lestelle-Bétharram	64	289 km S	788	49.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Froissy	60	485 km NE	962	58	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Daours	80	526 km NE	737	51.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Roppe	90	627 km NE	1,041	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Oltingue	68	655 km E	695	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lestelle-Bétharram	64	289 km S	788	49.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Froissy	60	485 km NE	962	58	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Daours	80	526 km NE	737	51.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Fretigney-et-Velloreille	70	551 km NE	764	53.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Roppe	90	627 km NE	1,041	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Oltingue	68	655 km E	695	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Pisany'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
Prignac-et-Marcamps	33	78 km S	1,494	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rauzan	33	115 km SE	1,247	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mérignac	16	54 km E	805	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Auros	33	143 km S	1,072	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Belpech	11	343 km SE	1,343	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Angliers	17	58 km N	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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