Sousmoulins

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17433

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sousmoulins (INSEE 17433) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 229 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 16,761 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	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.68
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

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 0 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 ELEMENTAIRE DE SOUSMOULINS). ^[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, Library. ^[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 ELEMENTAIRE DE SOUSMOULINS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 237 2023: 229 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 214 (2012) → 229 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 196 (1990) → 229 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 135, of which 6.7 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km EFood shop — 5.2 km SGP — 6.1 km SWPharmacy — 6.8 km W 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 (Chatenet): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chepniers): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montendre): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montendre): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sousmoulins): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 10.2 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 72 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, 17.8 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 10.2 km away at 89 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 — 17433/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17433/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17433/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17433/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17240
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17433
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
Francon	31	250 km SE	236	23	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Médard	31	260 km S	225	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Lagardiolle	81	278 km SE	238	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Fichous-Riumayou	64	203 km S	207	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Esparsac	82	186 km SE	252	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Angeville	82	181 km SE	239	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Angeville	82	181 km SE	239	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Esparsac	82	186 km SE	252	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Fichous-Riumayou	64	203 km S	207	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Francon	31	250 km SE	236	23	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Médard	31	260 km S	225	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Lagardiolle	81	278 km SE	238	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · 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 Sousmoulins'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-Aulais-la-Chapelle	16	27 km NE	219	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Leyritz-Moncassin	47	116 km S	206	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Frégimont	47	130 km SE	271	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lacaugne	31	258 km SE	252	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Peyraube	65	239 km S	174	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-Curton	47	112 km S	302	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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