Saint-Loup

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17356

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

No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Loup (INSEE 17356) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 313 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,885 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.42
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LA GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	LA GOURMANDE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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: 327 2023: 313 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 315 (2012) → 313 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 274 (1990) → 313 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 11.3 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.2 km EPrimary school — 2.2 km EBakery — 2.3 km EGP — 6.3 km NPharmacy — 7.5 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 (Landes): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landes): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bernay-Saint-Martin): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tonnay-Boutonne): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Landes): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES NOUILLERS weather station, 8.6 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 16.9 km away at 36 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 859 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES NOUILLERS, 8.6 km away at 18 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 — 17356/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17356/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17356/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17356/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17448
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
Lammerville	76	439 km N	302	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Azincourt	62	537 km N	302	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Lombreuil	45	328 km NE	307	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Malpas	25	538 km E	300	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Wegscheid	68	610 km E	315	18.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Maizilly	42	376 km E	317	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lombreuil	45	328 km NE	307	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Maizilly	42	376 km E	317	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Lammerville	76	439 km N	302	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Azincourt	62	537 km N	302	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Malpas	25	538 km E	300	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Wegscheid	68	610 km E	315	18.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · 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-Loup'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
Lombreuil	45	328 km NE	307	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Auvilliers-en-Gâtinais	45	322 km NE	342	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Liniez	36	215 km NE	328	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Paisy-Cosdon	10	412 km NE	343	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vanzy	74	503 km E	351	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villette-lès-Arbois	39	499 km E	352	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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