Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17394

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

Few services 29.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois (INSEE 17394) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 915 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 14,881 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	20	0
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.84	10	8.36
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT-SATURNIN-DU-BOIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT L'ENVOL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SATURNIN DU BOIS AP). ^[3]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT-SATURNIN-DU-BOIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT L'ENVOL	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	SAINT SATURNIN DU BOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 707 2023: 915 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 865 (2012) → 915 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 685 (1990) → 915 (2023): 33.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 4.3 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SEPharmacy — 4.9 km WGP — 5.1 km WFood shop — 6.1 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 (Marsais): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Surgères): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Georges-du-Bois): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Georges-du-Bois): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 6.7 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[13]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SURGERES, 6.7 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17394/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/01ee2f01-1891-3512-93b7-6ed49ffd37db— “Le marché du Mignon est un marché BIO, qui se tient tous les samedis à la ferme de 9h à 13h.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17394/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17394/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17394/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17221
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17434
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17338
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17394
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-Célerin	72	236 km N	882	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prières	53	246 km N	926	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 91 %
Les Ormes-sur-Voulzie	77	391 km NE	864	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Bellegarde-Poussieu	38	444 km E	1,007	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 80 %
Frambouhans	25	580 km E	867	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %
Dompierre-sur-Helpe	59	558 km NE	815	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Célerin	72	236 km N	882	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prières	53	246 km N	926	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 91 %
Les Ormes-sur-Voulzie	77	391 km NE	864	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Bellegarde-Poussieu	38	444 km E	1,007	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 80 %
Dompierre-sur-Helpe	59	558 km NE	815	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 95 %
Frambouhans	25	580 km E	867	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %

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