Saint-Félix

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17327

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Félix (INSEE 17327) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 324 (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/17327-saint-felix

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,979 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.78	10	7.81
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT FELIX RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFSTYLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	L'ESCALE	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	1		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)	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	1	SAINT FELIX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	COIFFSTYLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 331 2023: 324 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 301 (2012) → 324 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 253 (1990) → 324 (2023): 28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 182, of which 10.4 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.6 km SWPharmacy — 4.0 km NBakery — 5.0 km NWGP — 5.0 km SW 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 (Marsais): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Félix): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bernay-Saint-Martin): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Marsais): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bernay-Saint-Martin): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.4

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 10.8 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[11]

The village sits 51 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 16.6 km away at 36 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SURGERES, 10.8 km away at 25 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 — 17327/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17327/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17327/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17327/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17221
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17327
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17043
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
Montaiguët-en-Forez	03	339 km E	280	40.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Tusson	16	54 km E	240	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montpeyroux	63	299 km E	330	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
La Bastide-de-Besplas	09	357 km SE	383	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 61 %
Montner	66	453 km SE	324	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Champagne-sur-Vingeanne	21	480 km E	311	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tusson	16	54 km E	240	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montpeyroux	63	299 km E	330	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Montaiguët-en-Forez	03	339 km E	280	40.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
La Bastide-de-Besplas	09	357 km SE	383	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 61 %
Montner	66	453 km SE	324	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Champagne-sur-Vingeanne	21	480 km E	311	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Félix'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
Ounans	39	490 km E	326	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Migré	17	3.3 km SE	347	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vaour	81	293 km SE	393	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bleurville	88	543 km NE	281	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bercenay-en-Othe	10	413 km NE	412	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ferreux-Quincey	10	412 km NE	404	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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