Saint-Simon-de-Bordes

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17403

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Simon-de-Bordes (INSEE 17403) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 762 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 15,952 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.76
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API SAINT SIMON DE BORDES). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-SIMON-DE-BORDES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES AILES VERTES). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE HORS CONTRAT LES AILES VERTES). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES CASTORS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API SAINT SIMON DE BORDES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-SIMON-DE-BORDES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES AILES VERTES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE HORS CONTRAT LES AILES VERTES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DES CASTORS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 503 2023: 762 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 711 (2012) → 762 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 648 (1990) → 762 (2023): 17.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 436, of which 10.6 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.6 km NPharmacy — 4.6 km NBakery — 5.0 km E 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 (Ozillac): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Simon-de-Bordes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Jonzac): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Jonzac): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 7.8 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 69 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 7.8 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 7.8 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

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

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17403/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/73df8d7e-f9ab-333c-a6e3-6fb5f116e0ac— “Marché le jeudi après-midi.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17403/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17403/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17403/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17270
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17403
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17197
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
Guilligomarc'h	29	362 km NW	803	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Sabine-sur-Longève	72	308 km N	743	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 74 %
Ruffigné	44	274 km N	702	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
Les Pineaux	85	145 km N	688	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
La Chaux	25	560 km E	614	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 11 % · humidity 57 %
Le Tréhou	29	435 km NW	633	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Pineaux	85	145 km N	688	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Ruffigné	44	274 km N	702	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
Sainte-Sabine-sur-Longève	72	308 km N	743	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 74 %
Guilligomarc'h	29	362 km NW	803	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Le Tréhou	29	435 km NW	633	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
La Chaux	25	560 km E	614	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 11 % · 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-Simon-de-Bordes'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
Soulignonne	17	50 km NW	752	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Capian	33	77 km S	809	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Baurech	33	75 km S	907	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Brice	16	35 km NE	982	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vaize	17	48 km N	620	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Courcoury	17	37 km N	721	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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