Saint-Hippolyte

Charente-Maritime · CA Rochefort Océan · INSEE 17346

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

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hippolyte (INSEE 17346) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Rochefort Océan. Population 1,495 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17346-saint-hippolyte

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 11,662 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.48
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (L'ESCALE). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE PLACE EUGÈNE LAUGRAUD). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (KRIS'TIF · COIFFURE CREA'TIF). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	L'ESCALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 HIPPOLYTE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE PLACE EUGÈNE LAUGRAUD	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	3	KRIS'TIF · COIFFURE CREA'TIF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 858 2023: 1,495 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,388 (2012) → 1,495 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,109 (1990) → 1,495 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 716, of which 3.2 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km NPharmacy — 2.7 km NGP — 2.8 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 (Tonnay-Charente): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hippolyte): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tonnay-Charente): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tonnay-Charente): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Hippolyte): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 21.8

Muggy days a summer 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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST AGNANT weather station, 8.2 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST AGNANT, 8.2 km away at 18 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BORDS, 7.1 km away at 6 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 — 17346/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17346/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17346/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17346/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17449
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17346
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
Valros	34	436 km SE	1,685	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Montbartier	82	281 km SE	1,789	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Sacquenville	27	382 km N	1,205	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Creissan	34	418 km SE	1,436	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Salins	77	406 km NE	1,165	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Tercé	86	130 km NE	1,135	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tercé	86	130 km NE	1,135	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Montbartier	82	281 km SE	1,789	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Sacquenville	27	382 km N	1,205	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Salins	77	406 km NE	1,165	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Creissan	34	418 km SE	1,436	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Valros	34	436 km SE	1,685	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · 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-Hippolyte'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
Angliers	17	33 km N	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bussac-sur-Charente	17	24 km SE	1,321	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chermignac	17	31 km SE	1,265	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Nieulle-sur-Seudre	17	20 km SW	1,220	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ardillières	17	15 km N	890	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente	17	13 km W	1,210	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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