Puilboreau

Charente-Maritime · CA de La Rochelle · INSEE 17291

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

Served 63.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Puilboreau (INSEE 17291) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA de La Rochelle. Population 6,765 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17291-puilboreau

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)).

Better served than 85 % of the 3,548 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	0.62	25	15.43
Social	0.7	20	13.93
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.69	10	6.88
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL VENDEEN · BOULANGERIE GUICHETEAU · ANGE · LA MOISSON DES PAINS · BOULANGERIE ROUSSELOT JONATHAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU COCHON GOURMAND · RDP LA ROCHELLE). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CREO SOLUTIONS · LE MARCHE DE BEAULIEU · LA ROCHCOOP SUPERMARCHE PARTICIPATIF · NETTO). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · HYPER U · LE MARCHE DE LEOPOLD). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE LABATUD). ^[3,4]

32 × Restaurant (FOYER DE L'ENFANCE · LA TAVERNE · HOLLY'S DINER · NEW ASIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACK PROUST PUILBOREAU). ^[3]

16 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAVID ROBICHON, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE DUSSIOT, MÉDECIN · ESTHEL LARGE, MÉDECIN · GERALDINE POMIES-BRANGIER, MÉDECIN · MARINE AIME, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BEAULIEU · PHARMACIE DE PUILBOREAU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU C · CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PUILBOREAU · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LA ROCHELLE NORD). ^[3]

16 × Hairdresser (BEAULIEU COIFFURE · EXTREME COIFFURE · STYL'MIXT COIFFURE · SAINT ALGUE). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (BB LA ROCHELLE BEAULIEU · PREMIERE CLASSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (DESIR CAMP). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Fishmonger, 6 × Restaurant, 4 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	LE FOURNIL VENDEEN · BOULANGERIE GUICHETEAU · ANGE · LA MOISSON DES PAINS · BOULANGERIE ROUSSELOT JONATHAN	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	AU COCHON GOURMAND · RDP LA ROCHELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	CREO SOLUTIONS · LE MARCHE DE BEAULIEU · LA ROCHCOOP SUPERMARCHE PARTICIPATIF · NETTO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · HYPER U · LE MARCHE DE LEOPOLD	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	POISSONNERIE LABATUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	32	FOYER DE L'ENFANCE · LA TAVERNE · HOLLY'S DINER · NEW ASIE	INSEE BPE 32 / INSEE SIRENE 44 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE PUILBOREAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACK PROUST PUILBOREAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	16	DAVID ROBICHON, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE DUSSIOT, MÉDECIN · ESTHEL LARGE, MÉDECIN · GERALDINE POMIES-BRANGIER, MÉDECIN · MARINE AIME, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 16 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE BEAULIEU · PHARMACIE DE PUILBOREAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU C · CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PUILBOREAU · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LA ROCHELLE NORD	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	16	BEAULIEU COIFFURE · EXTREME COIFFURE · STYL'MIXT COIFFURE · SAINT ALGUE	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel	2	BB LA ROCHELLE BEAULIEU · PREMIERE CLASSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	1	DESIR CAMP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,484 2023: 6,765 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,651 (2012) → 6,765 (2023): 19.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,067 (1990) → 6,765 (2023): 66.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,521, of which 4.9 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Puilboreau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puilboreau): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Puilboreau): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Puilboreau): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Puilboreau): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 16.1▸

Muggy days a summer 6.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LA ROCHELLE weather station, 5 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHELLE, 5 km away at 4 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHELLE, 5 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17291/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17291/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17291/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17291/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17291
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
Castries	34	489 km SE	6,883	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Poussan	34	482 km SE	6,797	63.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Thoiry	01	546 km E	6,569	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 26 % · humidity 50 %
Entre-Deux	974	9,409 km SE	7,176	61.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Inzinzac-Lochrist	56	246 km NW	6,691	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Arpajon-sur-Cère	15	313 km SE	6,361	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Inzinzac-Lochrist	56	246 km NW	6,691	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Arpajon-sur-Cère	15	313 km SE	6,361	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %
Poussan	34	482 km SE	6,797	63.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Castries	34	489 km SE	6,883	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Thoiry	01	546 km E	6,569	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 26 % · humidity 50 %
Entre-Deux	974	9,409 km SE	7,176	61.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Puilboreau'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
Dompierre-sur-Mer	17	4.3 km E	6,315	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nieul-sur-Mer	17	4.1 km NW	5,811	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jeannet	06	704 km E	4,453	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Xandre	17	2.3 km NE	5,677	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Périgny	17	4.4 km SE	8,877	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Angoulins	17	9.2 km S	4,240	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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