Soubran

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17430

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

Partly served 45.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soubran (INSEE 17430) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 414 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17430-soubran

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,984 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.76	10	7.62
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (ETABLISSEMENT RAMBEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ MEG). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	ETABLISSEMENT RAMBEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	CHEZ MEG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SOUBRAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SOUBRAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 364 2023: 414 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 396 (2012) → 414 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 414 (2023): 26.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 230, of which 12.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km SWGP — 5.0 km NWPharmacy — 10.3 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 (Boisredon): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soubran): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mirambeau): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde): 10.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Soubran): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 14.3 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 14.3 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MIRAMBEAU, 5 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17430/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17430/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17430/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17430/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17052
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17430
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33389
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
Saint-Plaisir	03	304 km NE	422	37	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pastour	47	130 km SE	379	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Plougras	22	420 km NW	426	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Thaumiers	18	294 km NE	387	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-en-Couzan	42	349 km E	430	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Santin	12	229 km E	514	34.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pastour	47	130 km SE	379	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Santin	12	229 km E	514	34.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
Thaumiers	18	294 km NE	387	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Plaisir	03	304 km NE	422	37	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Georges-en-Couzan	42	349 km E	430	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Plougras	22	420 km NW	426	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · 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 Soubran'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
Saint-Pastour	47	130 km SE	379	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-de-Serre	24	95 km E	337	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lougratte	47	124 km SE	421	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Azerat	24	130 km E	463	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Criteuil-la-Magdeleine	16	31 km NE	405	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rouffignac	17	5.4 km E	437	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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