Saint-Clément-des-Baleines

Charente-Maritime · CC de l'Ile de Ré · INSEE 17318

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Clément-des-Baleines (INSEE 17318) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de l'Ile de Ré. Population 688 (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/17318-saint-clement-des-baleines

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,444 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	0.93	20	18.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.63	10	6.33
Housing mix	0	5	0

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

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

11 × Restaurant (A L'OUEST · LA MARTINIERE · JF DUPORT MAITRE ARTISAN GLACIER · J48L · LA CABANE). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-CLEMENT-LES-BALEINES). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CLEMENT DES BALEINES AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA BALEINE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LE CHAT BOTTÉ). ^[4,3]

4 × Campsite (LA PLAGE · CAMPING DES BALEINES · COTE SAUVAGE · LES PEROUSES). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	11	A L'OUEST · LA MARTINIERE · JF DUPORT MAITRE ARTISAN GLACIER · J48L · LA CABANE	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [4,3]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-CLEMENT-LES-BALEINES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT CLEMENT DES BALEINES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA BALEINE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL LE CHAT BOTTÉ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Campsite	4	LA PLAGE · CAMPING DES BALEINES · COTE SAUVAGE · LES PEROUSES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 490 peak 1999: 728 2023: 688 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 692 (2012) → 688 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 607 (1990) → 688 (2023): 13.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,555, of which 74.7 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.8 km SEPharmacy — 3.0 km SEBakery — 3.1 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 (Ars-en-Ré): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Clément-des-Baleines): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ars-en-Ré): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ars-en-Ré): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Clément-des-Baleines): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 16.6▸

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 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COUARDE SUR MER weather station, 10.3 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 3 m. ^[10]

An average of 695 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-CLEMENT DES BALEINES, 2.2 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17318/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17318/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17318/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17318/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17019
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17318
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
Montferrier	09	455 km SE	541	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 55 %
Auzat	09	453 km SE	561	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 4 %
Île-de-Batz	29	336 km NW	458	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Les Déserts	73	588 km E	845	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 0 %
Champagny-en-Vanoise	73	643 km E	540	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
La Brée-les-Bains	17	28 km SE	716	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Brée-les-Bains	17	28 km SE	716	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Île-de-Batz	29	336 km NW	458	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Auzat	09	453 km SE	561	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 4 %
Montferrier	09	455 km SE	541	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 55 %
Les Déserts	73	588 km E	845	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 0 %
Champagny-en-Vanoise	73	643 km E	540	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17318-saint-clement-des-baleines