Soubise

Charente-Maritime · CA Rochefort Océan · INSEE 17429

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

Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soubise (INSEE 17429) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Rochefort Océan. Population 3,316 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17429-soubise

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 6,550 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.37	20	7.49
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LEMOINE JULIEN MAEVA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (MENIVAL). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE FONTENOY). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SOUBISE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLE JOLLIT, MÉDECIN · RAPHAËLLE MATHIEU, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE PORTRON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (STYL' VIE · DRINE'TIFS · C DANS L'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LEMOINE JULIEN MAEVA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	INTERMARCHE CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	1	MENIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE FONTENOY	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SOUBISE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CAROLE JOLLIT, MÉDECIN · RAPHAËLLE MATHIEU, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE PORTRON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE RODIER	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	MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF PENON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	STYL' VIE · DRINE'TIFS · C DANS L'HAIR	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 730 2023: 3,316 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,904 (2012) → 3,316 (2023): 14.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,220 (1990) → 3,316 (2023): 171.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,048, of which 3.1 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.8 km SE 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 (Soubise): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Soubise): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soubise): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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

Primary school (Soubise): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 21.8

Muggy days a summer 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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST AGNANT weather station, 4.7 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 15 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST AGNANT, 4.7 km away at 18 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST AGNANT, 4.7 km away at 18 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 — 17429/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/979a6e62-37e4-3ff5-b8d8-e60dadd83a1c— “Marché de Soubise”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17429/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17429/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17429/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17429
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
Merlevenez	56	263 km NW	3,174	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Feillens	01	457 km E	3,411	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 45 %
Le Boupère	85	97 km N	3,151	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Port-Saint-Père	44	146 km NW	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Ruaudin	72	244 km NE	3,481	51.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Fumay	08	621 km NE	3,086	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Boupère	85	97 km N	3,151	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Port-Saint-Père	44	146 km NW	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Ruaudin	72	244 km NE	3,481	51.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Merlevenez	56	263 km NW	3,174	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Feillens	01	457 km E	3,411	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 45 %
Fumay	08	621 km NE	3,086	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · 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 Soubise'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	5.4 km SE	3,765	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée	17	6.4 km NW	2,299	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Andilly	17	36 km N	2,350	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ciré-d'Aunis	17	16 km N	1,583	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan	17	28 km S	3,446	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Les Gonds	17	38 km SE	1,740	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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