Saint-Germain-du-Seudre

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17342

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

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-du-Seudre (INSEE 17342) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 407 (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 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 18,000 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.76
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (DOMAINE DU SEUDRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-GERMAIN-DU-SEUDRE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	DOMAINE DU SEUDRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-GERMAIN-DU-SEUDRE	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	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: 399 peak 2017: 433 2023: 407 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 385 (2012) → 407 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 346 (1990) → 407 (2023): 17.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 264, of which 21.2 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km EBakery — 6.0 km WPharmacy — 6.1 km NGP — 6.2 km N 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 (Brie-sous-Mortagne): 6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Gémozac): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gémozac): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-du-Seudre): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

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, 10.2 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 34 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 10.2 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOIS, 7.5 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17342/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17342/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17342/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17342/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17342
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
Saint-Mars-sur-Colmont	53	318 km N	440	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Sernin	47	114 km SE	454	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Gurunhuel	22	389 km NW	409	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Saulges	53	275 km N	329	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron	56	314 km NW	308	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Sarlande	24	139 km E	428	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sernin	47	114 km SE	454	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sarlande	24	139 km E	428	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Saulges	53	275 km N	329	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron	56	314 km NW	308	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Mars-sur-Colmont	53	318 km N	440	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Gurunhuel	22	389 km NW	409	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · 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-Germain-du-Seudre'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
Sagelat	24	155 km SE	318	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Molières	24	141 km SE	370	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Auriac-du-Périgord	24	148 km E	397	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Lanne-en-Barétous	64	267 km S	481	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu	64	250 km S	284	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marsolan	32	199 km SE	438	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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