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Saint-Jean-d'Angle

Charente-Maritime · CA Rochefort Océan · INSEE 17348

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

Partly served 48.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-d'Angle (INSEE 17348) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Rochefort Océan. Population 699 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17348-saint-jean-d-angle

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 16,401 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.29257.21
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.94109.38
Housing mix0.8554.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FESTIVAL DES PAINS · HELLO PATISS). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA POPOTE D'ARMOR). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JEAN D ANGLE AP). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2FESTIVAL DES PAINS · HELLO PATISSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LA POPOTE D'ARMORINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT JEAN D ANGLE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Sunday matin halles. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 456 2023: 699 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 662 (2012) → 699 (2023): 5.6 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 486 (1990) → 699 (2023): 43.8 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 335, of which 7.5 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 1.6 km S (La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien)GP — 5.3 km E (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult)Pharmacy — 6.4 km E (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km SGP — 5.3 km EPharmacy — 6.4 km E 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-Jean-d'Angle): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Food shop (La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). [11]

GP (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). [12]

Pharmacy (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). [12]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-d'Angle): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [13]

Measured at the ST AGNANT weather station, 8.3 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 25 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at ST AGNANT, 8.3 km away at 18 m, over 30 summers. [13]

An average of 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at ST AGNANT, 8.3 km away at 18 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17348/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saintjeandangle.org/marche-hebdomadaire— “tous les dimanches matin sous les halles du XVIème siècle”
  6. DATAtourisme 2022-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/689ffdcd-dba7-315f-81f1-7a2769d43922— “En fonction des saisons, jusqu'à 10 commerçants environ tous les dimanches matin.”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17348/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17348/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17348/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17348
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17184
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17284
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Villiers-au-Bouin37218 km NE72742.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Mouzay55614 km NE65139Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
La Croix-en-Brie77433 km NE68143Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Le Cergne42407 km E62240.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 %
Le Tronquay14379 km N74546.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villiers-au-Bouin37218 km NE72742.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin72281 km N72543.8Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 62 %
Le Tronquay14379 km N74546.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Le Cergne42407 km E62240.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 %
La Croix-en-Brie77433 km NE68143Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Mouzay55614 km NE65139Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rieucros09373 km SE71845.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Moëze1712 km NW60039.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Les Essards1715 km E74032.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vénérand1731 km E77146.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Beaugeay177.3 km NW79439.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nieul-le-Virouil1756 km SE57327.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %