Rioux

Charente-Maritime · CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole · INSEE 17298

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

Partly served 45.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rioux (INSEE 17298) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. Population 964 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 14,556 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.85	10	8.48
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE GOUT DU JOUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ COCOTTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE RIOUX). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (TOBIA MARTIE-THERESE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	LE GOUT DU JOUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	CHEZ COCOTTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE RIOUX	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	1	RIOUX 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	TOBIA MARTIE-THERESE	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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 615 2023: 964 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 933 (2012) → 964 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 715 (1990) → 964 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 508, of which 6.9 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.7 km SWGP — 2.8 km WBakery — 4.3 km SFood shop — 4.5 km EPharmacy — 4.5 km E 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 (Cravans): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Tesson): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Montpellier-de-Médillan): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Tesson): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rioux): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35.5

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 7.7 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 7.7 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[13]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 7.7 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17298/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ff9e5f74-be89-3be9-8911-b2a17d925acf— “Marché de Rioux”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17298/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17298/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17298/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17441
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17244
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17298
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
Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne	69	402 km E	900	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Fontaine-Simon	28	345 km N	888	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 %
Clévilliers	28	360 km NE	765	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Bosdarros	64	271 km S	962	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tours-en-Savoie	73	555 km E	945	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %
Asnières-la-Giraud	17	32 km NE	977	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Asnières-la-Giraud	17	32 km NE	977	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Bosdarros	64	271 km S	962	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Simon	28	345 km N	888	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 %
Clévilliers	28	360 km NE	765	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne	69	402 km E	900	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Tours-en-Savoie	73	555 km E	945	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Rioux'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
Bosdarros	64	271 km S	962	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives	33	57 km S	971	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bordes	65	281 km S	752	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil	33	41 km S	1,365	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Épargnes	17	13 km SW	947	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	78 km S	956	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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