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Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Atlantique · INSEE 17376

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis (INSEE 17376) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Atlantique. Population 2,150 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/17376-saint-ouen-d-aunis

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 9,135 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.78

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 0 of 1
Culture 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BAGUETTE SCINTILLANTE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES ENFANTS DU ROCK · MIMEO PIZZA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU BOIS MARAIS). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LA BAGUETTE SCINTILLANTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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]
Restaurant2LES ENFANTS DU ROCK · MIMEO PIZZAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU BOIS MARAISINSEE 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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 de 8h à 13h Place de la Libération. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 246 2023: 2,150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,301 (2012) → 2,150 (2023): 65.3 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 612 (1990) → 2,150 (2023): 251.3 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 852, of which 2.2 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.0 km NW (Villedoux)GP — 3.0 km NW (Villedoux)Pharmacy — 4.8 km SW (Dompierre-sur-Mer)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km NWGP — 3.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.8 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 (Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Villedoux): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

GP (Villedoux): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Dompierre-sur-Mer): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]

Primary school (Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis): 0.3 km to the north (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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the MARANS weather station, 10.3 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 5 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHELLE, 12.5 km away at 4 m, over 23 summers. [13]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at MARANS, 10.3 km away at 2 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 — 17376/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— http://saintouendaunis.fr/fr/rb/785293/marche-8— “Tous les dimanches matin, de 8h à 13h”
  6. DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/48b850b5-d639-33e9-9d11-e0a731333a28— “Retrouvez le marché de Saint Ouen d'Aunis tous les dimanches matins, de 8h à 12h30 sur la Place de la Libération.”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17376/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17376/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17376/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17376
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17472
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17142
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villevaudé77408 km NE2,13241.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Thurial35212 km N2,18443.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Brécé35212 km N2,23238.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Fontenay-lès-Briis91358 km NE2,35040Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Volstroff57644 km NE2,04446Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Chuzelles38463 km E2,36639.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Thurial35212 km N2,18443.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Brécé35212 km N2,23238.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Fontenay-lès-Briis91358 km NE2,35040Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Villevaudé77408 km NE2,13241.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Chuzelles38463 km E2,36639.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Volstroff57644 km NE2,04446Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %

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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-Ouen-d'Aunis'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thairé1717 km S1,89736.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vérines176.5 km SE2,35439.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villedoux173.2 km NW2,16644.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Antran86139 km NE1,14831.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Longèves173.2 km E1,05235.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chermignac1767 km SE1,26536.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %