Saint-Mard

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17359

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Mard (INSEE 17359) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 1,261 (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/17359-saint-mard

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 12,926 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	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.96	10	9.58
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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) (LOC'AUX SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES FRINGANTS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE BOISSEUIL ST MARD). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	LOC'AUX SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LES FRINGANTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE BOISSEUIL ST MARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-MARD	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 MARD 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 948 2023: 1,261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,148 (2012) → 1,261 (2023): 9.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 865 (1990) → 1,261 (2023): 45.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 603, of which 5.8 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.9 km NWBakery — 3.6 km NWPharmacy — 3.8 km NW 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 (Surgères): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Mard): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Surgères): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Surgères): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Mard): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 2.3 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[10]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SURGERES, 2.3 km away at 25 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 — 17359/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17359/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17359/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17359/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17434
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17359
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
Condé-sur-Vesgre	78	345 km NE	1,279	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Haute-Amance	52	514 km NE	952	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Romain-en-Jarez	42	411 km E	1,206	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Courlaoux	39	478 km E	1,204	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Saturnin	16	75 km SE	1,284	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Corneville-sur-Risle	27	375 km N	1,379	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Saturnin	16	75 km SE	1,284	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Condé-sur-Vesgre	78	345 km NE	1,279	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Corneville-sur-Risle	27	375 km N	1,379	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Romain-en-Jarez	42	411 km E	1,206	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Courlaoux	39	478 km E	1,204	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Haute-Amance	52	514 km NE	952	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 78 %

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Elsewhere

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