Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17400

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

Few services 27.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge (INSEE 17400) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 647 (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 27.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,755 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.77	10	7.66
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER RAPIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SEVER DE SAINTONGE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DIDIER RAPIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SEVER DE SAINTONGE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 484 2023: 647 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 617 (2012) → 647 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 511 (1990) → 647 (2023): 26.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 330, of which 6.4 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.1 km SEBakery — 1.8 km EFood shop — 3.8 km NWPharmacy — 3.9 km NW 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 (Dompierre-sur-Charente): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chaniers): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chaniers): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SALIGNAC weather station, 7.9 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 10 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BURIE, 11.9 km away at 56 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SALIGNAC, 7.9 km away at 15 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 — 17400/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17400/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17400/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17400/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17400
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
Cartigny	80	538 km NE	688	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Vendhuile	02	555 km NE	585	28	Few services	no figures
Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt	37	181 km N	842	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Magny	28	324 km NE	664	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Mennevret	02	565 km NE	637	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 66 %
Thil-Manneville	76	474 km N	659	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt	37	181 km N	842	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Magny	28	324 km NE	664	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Thil-Manneville	76	474 km N	659	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Cartigny	80	538 km NE	688	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Vendhuile	02	555 km NE	585	28	Few services	no figures
Mennevret	02	565 km NE	637	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 66 %

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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-Sever-de-Saintonge'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
Réparsac	16	22 km E	631	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cybardeaux	16	39 km E	771	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maigrin	17	36 km SE	534	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Archingeay	17	30 km NW	765	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montpouillan	47	145 km S	807	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Juillac-le-Coq	16	23 km SE	653	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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