Saint-Pierre-du-Palais

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17386

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

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-du-Palais (INSEE 17386) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 337 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 18,047 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.8	10	7.96
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-PIERRE-DU-PALAIS	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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 340 peak 2012: 372 2023: 337 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 372 (2012) → 337 (2023): -9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 260 (1990) → 337 (2023): 29.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 6.7 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km SEFood shop — 5.3 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km SWGP — 6.2 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 (Saint-Martin-de-Coux): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montguyon): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montguyon): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cercoux): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-du-Palais): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.8

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 12.2 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 12.2 km away at 89 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17386/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17386/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17386/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17386/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17366
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17386
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
Arthenac	17	41 km N	334	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Beauregard-et-Bassac	24	66 km E	309	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Latoue	31	234 km S	310	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Vaux	31	248 km SE	310	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Le Bignon-du-Maine	53	312 km N	322	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Monblanc	32	210 km SE	394	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arthenac	17	41 km N	334	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Beauregard-et-Bassac	24	66 km E	309	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Monblanc	32	210 km SE	394	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Latoue	31	234 km S	310	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Vaux	31	248 km SE	310	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Le Bignon-du-Maine	53	312 km N	322	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %

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