Saint-Martin-d'Ary

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17365

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

Few services 23.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-d'Ary (INSEE 17365) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 470 (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 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,934 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	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.47	10	4.73
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

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 1 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (BAEYE RAYNALD). ^[3,4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YAN MAUGET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE HIMPENS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL' HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	BAEYE RAYNALD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	2	YAN MAUGET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE HIMPENS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	NOUVEL' HAIR	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: 466 peak 2007: 502 2023: 470 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 468 (2012) → 470 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 483 (1990) → 470 (2023): -2.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 284, of which 7.4 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km SEFood shop — 0.6 km SEPrimary school — 0.8 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 (Montguyon): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montguyon): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Martin-d'Ary): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montguyon): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montguyon): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 7.7 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[10]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 7.7 km away at 89 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 — 17365/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17365/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17365/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17365/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17365
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
Pierre-la-Treiche	54	601 km NE	472	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Beaumotte-Aubertans	70	547 km NE	475	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 58 %
Chalais	86	197 km N	465	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 96 %
Berg-sur-Moselle	57	678 km NE	461	20.5	Few services	no figures
Beaubec-la-Rosière	76	509 km N	457	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 76 %
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	436 km N	490	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chalais	86	197 km N	465	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 96 %
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	436 km N	490	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 91 %
Beaubec-la-Rosière	76	509 km N	457	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 76 %
Beaumotte-Aubertans	70	547 km NE	475	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 58 %
Pierre-la-Treiche	54	601 km NE	472	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Berg-sur-Moselle	57	678 km NE	461	20.5	Few services	no figures

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