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Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17384

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle (INSEE 17384) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 248 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/17384-saint-pierre-de-l-isle

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 17,170 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.35103.46
Housing mix0.5652.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 350 2023: 248 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 272 (2012) → 248 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 293 (1990) → 248 (2023): -15.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 22.2 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.6 km NE (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne)Food shop — 4.7 km NE (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne)Primary school — 5.4 km W (Loulay)Pharmacy — 5.5 km W (Loulay)GP — 5.7 km NW (Loulay)
Bakery — 4.6 km NEFood shop — 4.7 km NEPrimary school — 5.4 km WPharmacy — 5.5 km WGP — 5.7 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 (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Loulay): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Loulay): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Loulay): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE weather station, 3.1 km away at 36 m; the village itself is at 38 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 3.1 km away at 36 m, over 29 summers. [10]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, 3.1 km away at 36 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17384/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17384/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17384/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17384/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17138
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17211
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Boisse24170 km SE25112.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Blavignac48318 km E2528.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %
Moitron-sur-Sarthe72248 km N25814.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Clermont-d'Excideuil24138 km SE2559No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Viry71371 km E26111No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Opportune61302 km N24411.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Clermont-d'Excideuil24138 km SE2559No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boisse24170 km SE25112.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Moitron-sur-Sarthe72248 km N25814.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Sainte-Opportune61302 km N24411.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Blavignac48318 km E2528.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %
Viry71371 km E26111No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · 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-Pierre-de-l'Isle'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
Boisse24170 km SE25112.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rioux-Martin1694 km S23110.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vanzay7948 km NE23410No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Veyrines-de-Vergt24148 km SE24411.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Charly18263 km NE2268.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montastruc47187 km SE2326.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %