Soulignonne

Charente-Maritime · CC Coeur de Saintonge · INSEE 17431

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soulignonne (INSEE 17431) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Coeur de Saintonge. Population 752 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/17431-soulignonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 16,031 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SOULIGNONNE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 509 2023: 752 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 726 (2012) → 752 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 494 (1990) → 752 (2023): 52.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 397, of which 11.1 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km NEFood shop — 4.0 km SWGP — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.7 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 (Les Essards): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Corme-Royal): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corme-Royal): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Corme-Royal): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Soulignonne): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 28.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINTES weather station, 10.6 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 27 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 10.6 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINTES, 10.6 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17431/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17431/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17431/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17431/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17431
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
Desingy	74	517 km E	764	25.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Firmin-des-Prés	41	271 km NE	744	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Nayemont-les-Fosses	88	653 km NE	778	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 9 % · humidity 64 %
Sinard	38	512 km E	724	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 19 % · humidity 57 %
Fleury-la-Montagne	71	382 km E	726	22.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Julien-sur-Cher	41	258 km NE	742	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Julien-sur-Cher	41	258 km NE	742	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Firmin-des-Prés	41	271 km NE	744	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Fleury-la-Montagne	71	382 km E	726	22.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 64 %
Sinard	38	512 km E	724	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 19 % · humidity 57 %
Desingy	74	517 km E	764	25.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Nayemont-les-Fosses	88	653 km NE	778	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 9 % · 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 Soulignonne'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-Simon-de-Bordes	17	50 km SE	762	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vaize	17	13 km E	620	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Brice	16	41 km E	982	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Ribérac	24	108 km SE	723	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Courcoury	17	18 km SE	721	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Douhet	17	18 km E	708	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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