Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17331

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

Partly served 59.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge (INSEE 17331) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 1,282 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17331-saint-genis-de-saintonge

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 12,809 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.84	10	8.41
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE FRERE & SOEURS · L'ECLAIR GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA PAT' A PIZZA · LE RELAIS DE SAINTONGE · BERETTA PIZZERIA). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE · LA DOLCE VITA). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE SAINT-GENIS-DE-SAINTONGE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-GENIS-DE-SAINTONGE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MAURICE CHASTANG). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE DULARD, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE LIVORIN, MÉDECIN · HOLY RAMAHEFAMANANA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT GENIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST GENIS DE SAINTONGE LPAI AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (JEANNE D ARC). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · GYMNASE ET PLATEAU SPORTIF · INSTITUT MEDICO PROFESSIONNEL). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (RESTAURANT DU MIDI · LE RELAIS DE SAINTONGE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE FRERE & SOEURS · L'ECLAIR GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LA PAT' A PIZZA · LE RELAIS DE SAINTONGE · BERETTA PIZZERIA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DU CENTRE · LA DOLCE VITA	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE SAINT-GENIS-DE-SAINTONGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-GENIS-DE-SAINTONGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MAURICE CHASTANG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CATHERINE DULARD, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE LIVORIN, MÉDECIN · HOLY RAMAHEFAMANANA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT GENIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ST GENIS DE SAINTONGE LPAI AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	JEANNE D ARC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · GYMNASE ET PLATEAU SPORTIF · INSTITUT MEDICO PROFESSIONNEL	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	NOUVEL'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	2	RESTAURANT DU MIDI · LE RELAIS DE SAINTONGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday, Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 852 2023: 1,282 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,247 (2012) → 1,282 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 956 (1990) → 1,282 (2023): 34.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 698, of which 4.2 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Genis-de-Saintonge): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 55.2

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONS weather station, 10.5 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 12.6 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOIS, 3.2 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17331/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/2a9df8c8-886a-37cb-a34c-089d1bffc924— “Place Ambroise Sablé, marché les jeudis et dimanches matin .”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17331/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17331/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17331/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17331
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
Blamont	25	606 km NE	1,225	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Froncles	52	535 km NE	1,369	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Gourdan-Polignan	31	282 km S	1,177	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rimogne	08	617 km NE	1,317	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Venizel	02	525 km NE	1,324	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Villeréal	47	139 km SE	1,261	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villeréal	47	139 km SE	1,261	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %
Gourdan-Polignan	31	282 km S	1,177	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Venizel	02	525 km NE	1,324	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Froncles	52	535 km NE	1,369	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Blamont	25	606 km NE	1,225	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Rimogne	08	617 km NE	1,317	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %

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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-Genis-de-Saintonge'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
Gourdan-Polignan	31	282 km S	1,177	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Arudy	64	265 km S	2,228	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Secondigny	79	126 km N	1,765	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Rœschwoog	67	749 km NE	2,275	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
L'Isle-Jourdain	86	128 km NE	1,126	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Beinheim	67	754 km NE	1,883	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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