Saint-Romain-de-Benet

Charente-Maritime · CA Royan Atlantique · INSEE 17393

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Romain-de-Benet (INSEE 17393) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Royan Atlantique. Population 1,801 (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 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 10,289 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.95	10	9.48
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.95

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 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON GAUDIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'ALAMBIC · C.S +). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES DEUX COLOMBES). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT-ROMAIN-DE-BENET). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON GAUDIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	L'ALAMBIC · C.S +	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES DEUX COLOMBES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT-ROMAIN-DE-BENET	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	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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,130 2023: 1,801 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,658 (2012) → 1,801 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,244 (1990) → 1,801 (2023): 44.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 999, of which 10.5 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NWGP — 5.4 km EPharmacy — 6.0 km NE 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 (Sablonceaux): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Romain-de-Benet): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pisany): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Corme-Royal): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Romain-de-Benet): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROYAN-MEDIS weather station, 11.8 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 11.8 km away at 12 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAUJON, 6.2 km away at 7 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 — 17393/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17393/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17393/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17393/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17307
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17393
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17278
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17120
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
Chilly	74	528 km E	1,705	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Crédin	56	299 km NW	1,483	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Brugheas	03	329 km E	1,564	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Lapoutroie	68	667 km NE	1,881	41.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Senoux	35	256 km N	1,863	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Jacut-les-Pins	56	245 km NW	1,745	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jacut-les-Pins	56	245 km NW	1,745	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Senoux	35	256 km N	1,863	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Crédin	56	299 km NW	1,483	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Brugheas	03	329 km E	1,564	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Chilly	74	528 km E	1,705	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Lapoutroie	68	667 km NE	1,881	41.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 53 % · 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 Saint-Romain-de-Benet'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
Yves	17	42 km N	1,585	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme	17	9.4 km N	1,365	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Cabariot	17	26 km N	1,481	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Corme-Écluse	17	6.8 km S	1,295	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Meursac	17	5.6 km SE	1,563	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sablonceaux	17	4.3 km NW	1,458	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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