Salles-sur-Mer

Charente-Maritime · CA de La Rochelle · INSEE 17420

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

Partly served 51.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salles-sur-Mer (INSEE 17420) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA de La Rochelle. Population 2,465 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/17420-salles-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 8,335 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (LA MAISON DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (FRABOIS). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (SARL AIT DAOUD · FUNKY PIZZ · ASIAN CORNER · KATANA CORNER SALLES SUR MER · LE CALICO). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SALLES-SUR-MER). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BEATRICE GABIGNON, MÉDECIN · JOEL GABIGNON, MÉDECIN · VINCENT DHUMEAUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE L OCEANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SALLES SUR MER AP). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (KELL'COIFFURE · DE MECHES AVEC VOUS · CALI 17). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA MAISON DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	FRABOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	SARL AIT DAOUD · FUNKY PIZZ · ASIAN CORNER · KATANA CORNER SALLES SUR MER · LE CALICO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SALLES-SUR-MER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	BEATRICE GABIGNON, MÉDECIN · JOEL GABIGNON, MÉDECIN · VINCENT DHUMEAUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE L OCEANE	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	SALLES SUR MER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE 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	3	KELL'COIFFURE · DE MECHES AVEC VOUS · CALI 17	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 647 2023: 2,465 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,056 (2012) → 2,465 (2023): 19.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,441 (1990) → 2,465 (2023): 71.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,209, of which 6 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.6 km SWPharmacy — 2.7 km SW 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 (Salles-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Salles-sur-Mer): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Salles-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Salles-sur-Mer): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Salles-sur-Mer): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the LA ROCHELLE weather station, 9.5 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHELLE, 9.5 km away at 4 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 759 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHELLE, 9.5 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17420/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17420/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17420/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17420/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17420
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
Fessenheim	68	682 km E	2,345	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 27 % · humidity 64 %
Ennery	57	646 km NE	2,322	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude	11	447 km SE	2,014	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 14 %
Beaurainville	62	528 km NE	2,014	46.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 58 %
Duttlenheim	67	703 km NE	3,011	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Doudeville	76	425 km N	2,420	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Doudeville	76	425 km N	2,420	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude	11	447 km SE	2,014	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 14 %
Beaurainville	62	528 km NE	2,014	46.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 58 %
Ennery	57	646 km NE	2,322	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 %
Fessenheim	68	682 km E	2,345	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 27 % · humidity 64 %
Duttlenheim	67	703 km NE	3,011	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · 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 Salles-sur-Mer'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
Gilette	06	693 km E	1,627	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Esnandes	17	17 km N	2,224	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Marsilly	17	15 km NW	3,176	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rogatien	17	5.3 km N	2,364	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	18 km W	2,483	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
La Jarne	17	2.8 km NW	2,637	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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