Pons

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17283

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

Partly served 56.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pons (INSEE 17283) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 4,343 (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 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17283-pons

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 5,260 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	0.46	25	11.6
Social	0.83	20	16.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.54	10	5.43
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.48	10	4.84
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES PETITS PLAISIRS · FOISSY · LA TOUR DE LA SEUGNE · LE FOURNIL DU MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE THIERRY GOUET). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · CENTRE E. LECLERC). ^[3,4]

12 × Restaurant (HOTEL DE BORDEAUX · MCDONALD'S · CAFE DU DONJON · MULTIER VIVIEN · LE TOUT VA BIEN). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (BODRUM · BVS · L'ATELIER CALME · LE SAINT VIVIEN). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE AGRIPPA D'AUBIGNE PONS). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE AGRIPPA D'AUBIGNE PONS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE EC. PRIMAIRE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE EMILE COMBES). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINESSEN PERIANNA, MÉDECIN · PATRICK CVJETIC, MÉDECIN · MAUDE BAILLARGEAT, MÉDECIN · LOIC DENAT, MÉDECIN · HERVE BABIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE MESNARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PIERRE SENILLOU). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE VAUBAN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

7 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PONS · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79). ^[3]

11 × Hairdresser (SK' COIFFURE · STYLE R' COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE BORDEAUX). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING CHARDON · CAMPING LE PARADIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	LES PETITS PLAISIRS · FOISSY · LA TOUR DE LA SEUGNE · LE FOURNIL DU MARCHE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE THIERRY GOUET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	ALDI MARCHE · CENTRE E. LECLERC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	12	HOTEL DE BORDEAUX · MCDONALD'S · CAFE DU DONJON · MULTIER VIVIEN · LE TOUT VA BIEN	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	BODRUM · BVS · L'ATELIER CALME · LE SAINT VIVIEN	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE AGRIPPA D'AUBIGNE PONS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE AGRIPPA D'AUBIGNE PONS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE EC. PRIMAIRE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE EMILE COMBES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	VINESSEN PERIANNA, MÉDECIN · PATRICK CVJETIC, MÉDECIN · MAUDE BAILLARGEAT, MÉDECIN · LOIC DENAT, MÉDECIN · HERVE BABIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE MESNARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PIERRE SENILLOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE VAUBAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	7	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PONS · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Hairdresser	11	SK' COIFFURE · STYLE R' COIFF	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DE BORDEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	2	CAMPING CHARDON · CAMPING LE PARADIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday halles en centre-ville, place du Minage (seasonal). ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Confirmed by two independent sources: Sunday. Reported by one source only: Wednesday, Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 4,824 peak 1975: 4,878 2023: 4,343 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,144 (2012) → 4,343 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 4,412 (1990) → 4,343 (2023): -1.6 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,681, of which 3.1 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.9 km SW 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 (Pons): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Pons): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Pons): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pons): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 55.2

Muggy days a summer 9.1

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PONS weather station, 2.5 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 6.5 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONS, 2.5 km away at 25 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 — 17283/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.pons-ville.fr/commerce-artisanat/— “Le marché à Pons a lieu les samedis et mercredis sous les halles en centre-ville, place du Minage, et tous les dimanches au rond-point des pèlerins, dans le quartier Saint-Vivien.”
DATAtourisme 2022-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/2f4171f9-812e-3d40-8288-62bc3919ce52— “Marché du dimanche matin au quartier Saint Vivien”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17283/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17283/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17283/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17283
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
Langeais	37	208 km N	4,367	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Bessières	31	261 km SE	4,310	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 96 %
Tonnerre	89	428 km NE	4,261	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Angerville	91	360 km NE	4,428	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Marckolsheim	67	679 km NE	4,398	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Valgelon-La Rochette	73	519 km E	4,207	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Langeais	37	208 km N	4,367	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Bessières	31	261 km SE	4,310	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 96 %
Angerville	91	360 km NE	4,428	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Tonnerre	89	428 km NE	4,261	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Valgelon-La Rochette	73	519 km E	4,207	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Marckolsheim	67	679 km NE	4,398	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Pons'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
Vic-en-Bigorre	65	248 km S	4,845	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chazay-d'Azergues	69	409 km E	4,410	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Arudy	64	275 km S	2,228	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bazet	65	259 km S	1,858	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Asson	64	272 km S	1,982	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fussy	18	287 km NE	1,891	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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