Saint-Savinien

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17397

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

Partly served 56.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Savinien (INSEE 17397) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 2,460 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 56.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 84 % of the 8,349 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.51
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ PELLON · SARL HOLZMIT). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUGE PRISCILLE · AUX PLAISIRS DU GOUT). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA GARE GROUILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE LE REVE DU MOUSSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA MAISON DES DELICES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BARRAGE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA BERTAMIERE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ROBERT-CELLERIER). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUCIE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · DAVID CHALVET, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE ROY, MÉDECIN · SARAH MERCIER, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE DUFOUR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES AUGUSTINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE SECTION DU FOYER RURAL). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (FLORIDA). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON DE MONTFORT · INSTITUT MEDICO EDUCATIF CHATEAU DE LA VIGERIE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COLLEGE ROBERT CELLERIER). ^[3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SAINT SAVINIEN). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (SOKANE COIFFURE SARL · LE BOUDOIR D'AGATHE · OCEANE COIFFURE · EMIE'CREATION). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE SAINT SAVINIEN). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	CHEZ PELLON · SARL HOLZMIT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	AUGE PRISCILLE · AUX PLAISIRS DU GOUT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA GARE GROUILLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SUPER U	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	POISSONNERIE LE REVE DU MOUSSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LA MAISON DES DELICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BARRAGE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA BERTAMIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-SAVINIEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ROBERT-CELLERIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	LUCIE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · DAVID CHALVET, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE ROY, MÉDECIN · SARAH MERCIER, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE DUFOUR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES AUGUSTINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE SECTION DU FOYER RURAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	FLORIDA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	MAISON DE MONTFORT · INSTITUT MEDICO EDUCATIF CHATEAU DE LA VIGERIE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COLLEGE ROBERT CELLERIER	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SAINT SAVINIEN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	6	SOKANE COIFFURE SARL · LE BOUDOIR D'AGATHE · OCEANE COIFFURE · EMIE'CREATION	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE SAINT SAVINIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday à partir de 8h sous les Halles. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,377 2023: 2,460 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,456 (2012) → 2,460 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,340 (1990) → 2,460 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,630, of which 12.9 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.8 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 (Saint-Savinien): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Savinien): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Savinien): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Savinien): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Savinien): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES NOUILLERS weather station, 6.2 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 14 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 13.3 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 859 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES NOUILLERS, 6.2 km away at 18 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17397/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saint-savinien.fr/systeme/agenda/— “Tous les samedis matin à partir de 8h, sous les Halles.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17397/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17397/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17397/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17397
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
Le Bugue	24	165 km SE	2,663	65.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Nexon	87	147 km E	2,548	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage	50	325 km N	2,778	62.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Lalinde	24	160 km SE	2,931	70.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Chatte	38	472 km E	2,518	60.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Château-Renard	45	357 km NE	2,112	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nexon	87	147 km E	2,548	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Lalinde	24	160 km SE	2,931	70.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bugue	24	165 km SE	2,663	65.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage	50	325 km N	2,778	62.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Château-Renard	45	357 km NE	2,112	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Chatte	38	472 km E	2,518	60.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Savinien'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
Châteaumeillant	18	234 km E	1,629	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lencloître	86	129 km NE	2,483	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Le Vigen	87	153 km E	2,310	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Valence-en-Poitou	86	81 km NE	4,325	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Argentonnay	79	124 km N	3,234	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc	33	57 km SW	1,846	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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