Sainte-Colombe

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17319

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 17.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Colombe (INSEE 17319) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 113 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 11,635 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.44	10	4.42
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE MA RESTAURANT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	LE MA RESTAURANT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 139 2023: 113 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 112 (2012) → 113 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 120 (1990) → 113 (2023): -5.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 65, of which 6.2 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.9 km NFood shop — 2.4 km SEPrimary school — 2.6 km SEGP — 3.5 km NEPharmacy — 4.2 km NE 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 (Chatenet): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouillac): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chevanceaux): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chevanceaux): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pouillac): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 7.1 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 131 m. ^[11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 7.1 km away at 89 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17319/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17319/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17319/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17319/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17287
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17104
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
Séligné	79	96 km N	110	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Abitain	64	215 km S	120	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Monclar-sur-Losse	32	201 km S	111	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Rimbez-et-Baudiets	40	139 km S	104	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
They-sous-Montfort	88	578 km NE	121	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 70 %
Blincourt	60	505 km NE	125	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Séligné	79	96 km N	110	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Rimbez-et-Baudiets	40	139 km S	104	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Monclar-sur-Losse	32	201 km S	111	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Abitain	64	215 km S	120	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Blincourt	60	505 km NE	125	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %
They-sous-Montfort	88	578 km NE	121	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 70 %

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