Saint-Maigrin

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17357

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

Few services 21.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maigrin (INSEE 17357) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 534 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17357-saint-maigrin

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 17,599 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.45
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE SAINT-MAIGRIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MAIGRIN AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE SAINT-MAIGRIN	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	1	SAINT MAIGRIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 598 2023: 534 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 560 (2012) → 534 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 511 (1990) → 534 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 299, of which 4 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km NBakery — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 5.2 km SEGP — 5.4 km SE 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-Ciers-Champagne): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Ciers-Champagne): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Maigrin): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 11 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 11 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 11 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 154,690 € — 880 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Charente-Maritime is 2,339 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17357/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17357/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17357/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17357/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17357
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Lizac	82	186 km SE	543	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Hargicourt	02	568 km NE	545	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt	02	573 km NE	543	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Charny-sur-Meuse	55	598 km NE	522	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Fillières	54	639 km NE	531	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 58 %
Val-des-Marais	51	498 km NE	549	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lizac	82	186 km SE	543	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Val-des-Marais	51	498 km NE	549	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Hargicourt	02	568 km NE	545	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt	02	573 km NE	543	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Charny-sur-Meuse	55	598 km NE	522	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Fillières	54	639 km NE	531	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 58 %

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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-Maigrin'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
Comps	33	46 km SW	531	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cybardeaux	16	44 km NE	771	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sonnac	17	47 km N	512	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Laslades	65	246 km S	357	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Mareuil	16	41 km N	398	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Vielle-Adour	65	255 km S	479	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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