Saint-André-de-Lidon

Charente-Maritime · CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole · INSEE 17310

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

Few services 29.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-André-de-Lidon (INSEE 17310) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. Population 1,272 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 21 % of the 12,859 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX GOURMANDISES DE MARGAUX). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ANDRE DE LIDON AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COULEURS TENDANCES D' · KARINE COIFF' A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING CHEZ MENARD). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX GOURMANDISES DE MARGAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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 SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	SAINT ANDRE DE LIDON 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	COULEURS TENDANCES D' · KARINE COIFF' A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING CHEZ MENARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 773 2023: 1,272 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,020 (2012) → 1,272 (2023): 24.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 810 (1990) → 1,272 (2023): 57 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 706, of which 15.2 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.9 km NPharmacy — 6.6 km SE 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 (Saint-André-de-Lidon): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-André-de-Lidon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montpellier-de-Médillan): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gémozac): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-André-de-Lidon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 9.6 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 21 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 9.6 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 9.6 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17310/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/32a77d38-83a2-31e5-93a8-4f6fc16bbb2f— “Marché de Saint André de Lidon”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17310/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17310/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17310/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17244
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17172
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
Joux-la-Ville	89	418 km NE	1,175	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Condé-sur-Vesgre	78	394 km NE	1,279	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Arthon	36	224 km NE	1,215	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 50 %
Abilly	37	187 km NE	1,116	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Villiers-le-Morhier	28	378 km NE	1,351	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Boisset-Saint-Priest	42	378 km E	1,298	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Abilly	37	187 km NE	1,116	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Arthon	36	224 km NE	1,215	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 50 %
Boisset-Saint-Priest	42	378 km E	1,298	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Villiers-le-Morhier	28	378 km NE	1,351	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Condé-sur-Vesgre	78	394 km NE	1,279	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Joux-la-Ville	89	418 km NE	1,175	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Saint-André-de-Lidon'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
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul	33	75 km S	1,067	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Montils	17	20 km E	867	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Champagnolles	17	13 km SE	687	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives	33	54 km S	971	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil	33	36 km S	1,365	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-du-Paréage	09	332 km SE	739	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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