Rivedoux-Plage

Charente-Maritime · CC de l'Ile de Ré · INSEE 17297

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

Served 65.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rivedoux-Plage (INSEE 17297) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de l'Ile de Ré. Population 2,483 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17297-rivedoux-plage

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 8,289 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	0.65	25	16.2
Social	0.93	20	18.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.2	5	1.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE MON COEUR BALANCE · MAISON DES PAINS · CONFETTI PATISSERIE · LES PIEGES A GOURMANDS · FEUILLETTE 17 R). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Supermarket (M&H EPICERIE - UEXPRESS RIVEDOUX · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (LE COUREAULEUR · POISSONNERIE DD). ^[3,4]

14 × Restaurant (LE VIVIER · SUR LE POUCE · LA CHALOUPE · DE BROC VERONIQUE · LA PLAGE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT LE M · TI SPOT · LE PREAU). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE RIVEDOUX-PLAGE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARCEL MALA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON DES ACTIVITES ASSOCIATIVES). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE SUD). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (MERLAN FREE · ASSIMEAU LAETITIA. COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LE GRAND LARGE - RIVOTEL · HOTEL LA MAREE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES FOUGERES · SARL CJL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	PATISSERIE MON COEUR BALANCE · MAISON DES PAINS · CONFETTI PATISSERIE · LES PIEGES A GOURMANDS · FEUILLETTE 17 R	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE MORO	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LR BIO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	M&H EPICERIE - UEXPRESS RIVEDOUX · CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2	LE COUREAULEUR · POISSONNERIE DD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Restaurant	14	LE VIVIER · SUR LE POUCE · LA CHALOUPE · DE BROC VERONIQUE · LA PLAGE	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	RESTAURANT LE M · TI SPOT · LE PREAU	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE RIVEDOUX-PLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARCEL MALA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BEAUJARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAISON DES ACTIVITES ASSOCIATIVES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAGE SUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	MERLAN FREE · ASSIMEAU LAETITIA. COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	LE GRAND LARGE - RIVOTEL · HOTEL LA MAREE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LES FOUGERES · SARL CJL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 635 2023: 2,483 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,282 (2012) → 2,483 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,163 (1990) → 2,483 (2023): 113.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,150, of which 39.9 % second homes and 4.3 % 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 (Rivedoux-Plage): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rivedoux-Plage): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rivedoux-Plage): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rivedoux-Plage): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rivedoux-Plage): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12

Days at or below 0 °C 19.2

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LA ROCHELLE-ILE DE RE weather station, 6.5 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 5 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHELLE-ILE DE RE, 6.5 km away at 20 m, over 25 summers. ^[9]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHELLE-ILE DE RE, 6.5 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17297/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17297/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17297/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17297/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17297
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
Breil-sur-Roya	06	733 km E	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Le Palais	56	195 km NW	2,599	73.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Brem-sur-Mer	85	66 km NW	2,993	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	80	497 km NE	2,306	66.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Camaret-sur-Mer	29	344 km NW	2,494	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Le Porge	33	144 km S	3,465	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brem-sur-Mer	85	66 km NW	2,993	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Porge	33	144 km S	3,465	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Le Palais	56	195 km NW	2,599	73.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Camaret-sur-Mer	29	344 km NW	2,494	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	80	497 km NE	2,306	66.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	733 km E	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Rivedoux-Plage'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
Brem-sur-Mer	85	66 km NW	2,993	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Meschers-sur-Gironde	17	71 km S	3,180	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	85	100 km NW	2,420	67.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Jard-sur-Mer	85	37 km NW	3,235	62.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Plaine-sur-Mer	44	130 km NW	4,760	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bouin	85	106 km NW	2,205	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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