Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (INSEE 17409) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Royan Atlantique. Population 3,446 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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 53.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 67 % of the 6,354 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.83 |
| Social | 0.58 | 20 | 11.6 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.27 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE BLANDINEAU · LA SULPICIENNE · NORELI II). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (DRIVE E.LECLERC · SULPALI). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LA POISSONNERIE DE SAINT ELME). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (DOSY · BASILICO PIZZA · S&C EVENEMENT). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE CARDINAL). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DENIS RICARD ST SULPICE DE ROYAN). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SULTAN ADEINAT, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE PELEAU, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA SUANT, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE YOU, MÉDECIN · AMELIE NEVEU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VINCENT). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ST SULPICE DE ROYAN LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU CENTRE SOCIOCULTUREL G. BRASSENS CENTRE SOCIOCULTUREL G. BRASSENS). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MUNICIPAL). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (LJJ TRUCKS · SP COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING WALMONE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | PATISSERIE BLANDINEAU · LA SULPICIENNE · NORELI II | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 2 | DRIVE E.LECLERC · SULPALI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LA POISSONNERIE DE SAINT ELME | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 3 | DOSY · BASILICO PIZZA · S&C EVENEMENT | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE CARDINAL | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DENIS RICARD ST SULPICE DE ROYAN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | SULTAN ADEINAT, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE PELEAU, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA SUANT, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE YOU, MÉDECIN · AMELIE NEVEU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE VINCENT | 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 | ST SULPICE DE ROYAN LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU CENTRE SOCIOCULTUREL G. BRASSENS CENTRE SOCIOCULTUREL G. BRASSENS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 6 | LJJ TRUCKS · SP COIFFURE A DOMICILE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING WALMONE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,895 (2012) → 3,446 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,101 (1990) → 3,446 (2023): 64 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,834, of which 7.3 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ROYAN-MEDIS weather station, 5.3 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 19 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 5.3 km away at 12 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 5.3 km away at 12 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17409/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2021-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e48fb9a4-5630-3e60-bcd5-ed2fb3050e2b— “Marché de Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17409/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17409/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17409/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17409
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villaz | 74 | 559 km E | 3,607 | 51.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 % |
| Hornaing | 59 | 614 km NE | 3,496 | 41.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
| Servon | 77 | 434 km NE | 3,565 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Folgoët | 29 | 408 km NW | 3,315 | 43.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 % |
| Romilly-sur-Andelle | 27 | 441 km N | 3,234 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 % |
| Biéville-Beuville | 14 | 400 km N | 3,840 | 45.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biéville-Beuville | 14 | 400 km N | 3,840 | 45.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 % |
| Le Folgoët | 29 | 408 km NW | 3,315 | 43.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 % |
| Servon | 77 | 434 km NE | 3,565 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Romilly-sur-Andelle | 27 | 441 km N | 3,234 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 % |
| Villaz | 74 | 559 km E | 3,607 | 51.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 % |
| Hornaing | 59 | 614 km NE | 3,496 | 41.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
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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-Sulpice-de-Royan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échillais | 17 | 25 km N | 3,765 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nesles-la-Vallée | 95 | 453 km NE | 1,842 | 51.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Asnières-sur-Oise | 95 | 461 km NE | 3,127 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| L'Houmeau | 17 | 59 km N | 3,000 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez | 65 | 281 km S | 5,399 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Parmain | 95 | 453 km NE | 5,655 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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