Saint-Xandre

Charente-Maritime · CA de La Rochelle · INSEE 17414

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

Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Xandre (INSEE 17414) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA de La Rochelle. Population 5,677 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17414-saint-xandre

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 4,157 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.7	20	13.92
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.5	10	4.99
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE COUTURIER · LE BINOME). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (SARL PIZZA GIOVANNI · LE CHAT DU MARCHE · COCKTAIL ENJOY · BILLIKEN · LA SINGULIERE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (THE VILLAGE'S PUB · GAVROCHE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE SAINT-XANDRE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE POMMAUX ST XANDRE). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE MARTINEAU-LE PENNUISIC, MÉDECIN · MARGAUX PAULY, MÉDECIN · ERIC COULOMBEAU, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE REAU, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER TANGUY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-XANDRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (LUCIE COIFFURE · HAIRSPRAY · COIFF'EST LA · L'ATELIER · HAIRMANO). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE COUTURIER · LE BINOME	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	8	SARL PIZZA GIOVANNI · LE CHAT DU MARCHE · COCKTAIL ENJOY · BILLIKEN · LA SINGULIERE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	THE VILLAGE'S PUB · GAVROCHE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE SAINT-XANDRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE POMMAUX ST XANDRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	ANNE MARTINEAU-LE PENNUISIC, MÉDECIN · MARGAUX PAULY, MÉDECIN · ERIC COULOMBEAU, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE REAU, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER TANGUY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1		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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-XANDRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	6	LUCIE COIFFURE · HAIRSPRAY · COIFF'EST LA · L'ATELIER · HAIRMANO	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday à partir de 8 heures place de la Libération en centre bourg (à côté de l'église). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,413 2023: 5,677 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,369 (2012) → 5,677 (2023): 29.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,279 (1990) → 5,677 (2023): 73.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,839, of which 1.9 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 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 (Saint-Xandre): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Xandre): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Xandre): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Xandre): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Xandre): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 16.1▸

Muggy days a summer 6.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA ROCHELLE weather station, 7.3 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHELLE, 7.3 km away at 4 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHELLE, 7.3 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

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 — 17414/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saint-xandre.fr/mon-quotidien/cadre-de-vie-et-environnement/marche-commerces-et-brocante/— “Le marché alimentaire forain de Saint-Xandre a lieu tous les mardis matins, à partir de 8 heures, sur la place de la Libération en centre bourg (à côté de l'église).”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17414/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17414/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17414/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17414
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
Lèves	28	318 km NE	5,685	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Liverdun	54	608 km NE	5,580	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau	44	120 km NW	6,067	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
L'Étang-la-Ville	78	380 km NE	5,157	36	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Jassans-Riottier	01	453 km E	6,247	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 28 %
Laigneville	60	434 km NE	4,926	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau	44	120 km NW	6,067	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Lèves	28	318 km NE	5,685	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
L'Étang-la-Ville	78	380 km NE	5,157	36	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Laigneville	60	434 km NE	4,926	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Jassans-Riottier	01	453 km E	6,247	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 28 %
Liverdun	54	608 km NE	5,580	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · 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-Xandre'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
Dompierre-sur-Mer	17	3.5 km SE	6,315	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Puilboreau	17	2.3 km SW	6,765	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nieul-sur-Mer	17	4.7 km W	5,811	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jeannet	06	703 km E	4,453	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rogatien	17	6.4 km S	2,364	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Angoulins	17	11 km S	4,240	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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