Plassay

Charente-Maritime · CC Coeur de Saintonge · INSEE 17280

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

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plassay (INSEE 17280) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Coeur de Saintonge. Population 823 (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/17280-plassay

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 15,478 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

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 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]

1 × Restaurant (LA CREPE BENEZE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE PLASSAY). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (ART DE COIFFER). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	LA CREPE BENEZE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE PLASSAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	PLASSAY 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	ART DE COIFFER	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: 424 2023: 823 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 702 (2012) → 823 (2023): 17.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 433 (1990) → 823 (2023): 90.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 407, of which 3.9 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km WBakery — 4.1 km NEGP — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 4.6 km W 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 (Port-d'Envaux): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Porchaire): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Porchaire): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Porchaire): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Plassay): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

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, 8.4 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 8.4 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINTES, 8.4 km away at 38 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 — 17280/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17280/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17280/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17280/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17285
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17387
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17280
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
Serves-sur-Rhône	26	439 km E	782	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Bouville	91	369 km NE	669	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Ballon	17	32 km NW	828	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Androny	33	70 km S	582	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Pomerol	33	107 km SE	608	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Crémarest	62	574 km N	815	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ballon	17	32 km NW	828	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Androny	33	70 km S	582	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Pomerol	33	107 km SE	608	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bouville	91	369 km NE	669	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Serves-sur-Rhône	26	439 km E	782	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Crémarest	62	574 km N	815	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · 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 Plassay'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
Angeac-Champagne	16	41 km SE	495	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac	16	28 km SE	832	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Espiet	33	119 km S	741	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Salignac-sur-Charente	17	29 km SE	606	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Croignon	33	115 km S	749	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-du-Salembre	24	119 km SE	901	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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