Semussac

Charente-Maritime · CA Royan Atlantique · INSEE 17425

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

Partly served 52.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Semussac (INSEE 17425) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Royan Atlantique. Population 2,585 (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/17425-semussac

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 8,042 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON SOREAU · CAKE BY DEBBY). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (MATHE · LEO & CIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (U EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (EURL MISTI · L'ANTIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE SEMUSSAC). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SEMUSSAC). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAMIEN GUILLON, MÉDECIN · YANNICK ALASSONIERE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SEMUSSAC AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (MC CREATION). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Campsite (CAMPING 2B · CAMPING LE BOIS DE LA CHASSE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	MAISON SOREAU · CAKE BY DEBBY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	MATHE · LEO & CIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	U EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	EURL MISTI · L'ANTIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE SEMUSSAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SEMUSSAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	DAMIEN GUILLON, MÉDECIN · YANNICK ALASSONIERE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SEMUSSAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	8	MC CREATION	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING 2B · CAMPING LE BOIS DE LA CHASSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 902 2023: 2,585 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,128 (2012) → 2,585 (2023): 21.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,208 (1990) → 2,585 (2023): 114 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,535, of which 9.3 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Semussac): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Semussac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Semussac): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Meschers-sur-Gironde): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Semussac): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 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, 6.1 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 6.1 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, 6.1 km away at 12 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17425/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17425/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17425/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17425/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17425
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17230
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
Abondant	28	396 km NE	2,434	54.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Caraman	31	313 km SE	2,513	62.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Bosmie-l'Aiguille	87	166 km E	2,667	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Arc-sur-Tille	21	506 km NE	2,584	55.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-André-le-Gaz	38	502 km E	2,754	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 12 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze	31	309 km SE	2,277	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bosmie-l'Aiguille	87	166 km E	2,667	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze	31	309 km SE	2,277	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Caraman	31	313 km SE	2,513	62.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Abondant	28	396 km NE	2,434	54.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-André-le-Gaz	38	502 km E	2,754	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 12 % · humidity 71 %
Arc-sur-Tille	21	506 km NE	2,584	55.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 28 % · 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 Semussac'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
Cozes	17	6.7 km E	2,287	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Thou	17	54 km N	2,117	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villedoux	17	72 km N	2,166	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Agnant	17	30 km N	2,780	59.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Andilly	17	73 km N	2,350	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Échillais	17	33 km N	3,765	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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