Préguillac
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Préguillac (INSEE 17289) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 444 (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/17289-preguillac
Vitality score
Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 17,933 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.96 | 10 | 9.56 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MULTISERVICES PREGUILLAC BRIGITTE TIRARD). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE PREGUILLAC). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PRÉGUILLAC). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (CREA-BEAUTE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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) | 1 | MULTISERVICES PREGUILLAC BRIGITTE TIRARD | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE PREGUILLAC | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PRÉGUILLAC | 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 | 1 | CREA-BEAUTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 451 (2012) → 444 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 305 (1990) → 444 (2023): 45.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 219, of which 3.7 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Thénac): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Préguillac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Thénac): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Tesson): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Préguillac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 7.8 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 66 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 7.8 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. [11]
An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 7.8 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 274,500 € — 1,628 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Charente-Maritime is 2,339 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17289/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17289/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17289/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17289/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17444
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17289
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17441
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille | 46 | 207 km SE | 419 | 32.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ouville | 50 | 377 km N | 439 | 28.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 % |
| Le Perchay | 95 | 428 km NE | 504 | 32.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes | 33 | 94 km SE | 386 | 23.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lagos | 64 | 275 km S | 473 | 25.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
| Marest-sur-Matz | 60 | 499 km NE | 375 | 29.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes | 33 | 94 km SE | 386 | 23.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille | 46 | 207 km SE | 419 | 32.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 % |
| Lagos | 64 | 275 km S | 473 | 25.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
| Ouville | 50 | 377 km N | 439 | 28.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 % |
| Le Perchay | 95 | 428 km NE | 504 | 32.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
| Marest-sur-Matz | 60 | 499 km NE | 375 | 29.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · 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 Préguillac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Puy | 33 | 125 km SE | 393 | 28.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Faleyras | 33 | 105 km S | 430 | 23.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-André-du-Bois | 33 | 123 km S | 440 | 36.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Garindein | 64 | 275 km S | 457 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg | 33 | 69 km S | 414 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villeneuve | 33 | 65 km S | 407 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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