Sainte-Radegonde

Charente-Maritime · CC Coeur de Saintonge · INSEE 17389

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Radegonde (INSEE 17389) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Coeur de Saintonge. Population 589 (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/17389-sainte-radegonde

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,178 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CABANE DES DELICES BY LEA). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA CABANE DES DELICES BY LEA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 248 2023: 589 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 556 (2012) → 589 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 589 (2023): 59.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.7 km SFood shop — 1.9 km SPrimary school — 2.0 km SPharmacy — 2.0 km SGP — 2.4 km S 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 (Sainte-Radegonde): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 21.8

Muggy days a summer 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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST AGNANT weather station, 9.8 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST AGNANT, 9.8 km away at 18 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BORDS, 8 km away at 6 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 — 17389/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17389/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17389/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17389/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17389
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17284
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
Saint-Germain-sur-Rhône	74	518 km E	646	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Waltenheim-sur-Zorn	67	717 km NE	655	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Les Monts-Ronds	25	551 km E	667	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Féron	59	592 km NE	514	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Colombine	70	535 km E	605	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 27 % · humidity 57 %
Volckerinckhove	59	603 km N	573	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-sur-Rhône	74	518 km E	646	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Colombine	70	535 km E	605	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 27 % · humidity 57 %
Les Monts-Ronds	25	551 km E	667	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Féron	59	592 km NE	514	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Volckerinckhove	59	603 km N	573	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Waltenheim-sur-Zorn	67	717 km NE	655	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Sainte-Radegonde'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cescau	64	272 km S	630	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Vallée	17	5.5 km NE	707	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pessines	17	18 km SE	796	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Courcoury	17	27 km SE	721	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vénérand	17	25 km E	771	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Armou	64	275 km S	609	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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