Saint-Seurin-de-Palenne
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Seurin-de-Palenne (INSEE 17398) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 167 (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 9.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 14 % of the 14,851 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.52 | 10 | 5.18 |
| Housing mix | 0.61 | 5 | 3.04 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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
Population 159 (2012) → 167 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 164 (1990) → 167 (2023): 1.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 19.6 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Léger): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Montils): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Pérignac): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Pérignac): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Montils): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PONS weather station, 6.2 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 21 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 8.9 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. [11]
An average of 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PONS, 6.2 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17398/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17398/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17398/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17398/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17354
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17242
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17273
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarsul | 21 | 471 km NE | 166 | 13 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 % |
| Caro | 64 | 281 km S | 170 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vallières | 10 | 436 km NE | 167 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 % |
| Mouterre-sur-Blourde | 86 | 117 km NE | 170 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Lande-Saint-Siméon | 61 | 356 km N | 166 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 % |
| Vauchonvilliers | 10 | 482 km NE | 174 | 13 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouterre-sur-Blourde | 86 | 117 km NE | 170 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caro | 64 | 281 km S | 170 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Lande-Saint-Siméon | 61 | 356 km N | 166 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 % |
| Vallières | 10 | 436 km NE | 167 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 % |
| Tarsul | 21 | 471 km NE | 166 | 13 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 % |
| Vauchonvilliers | 10 | 482 km NE | 174 | 13 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 % |
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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-Seurin-de-Palenne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouterre-sur-Blourde | 86 | 117 km NE | 170 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Liac | 65 | 251 km S | 200 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Ramée | 17 | 25 km SW | 113 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Quantin-de-Rançanne | 17 | 12 km SW | 274 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montagoudin | 33 | 123 km S | 165 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bescat | 64 | 278 km S | 255 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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