Tesson

Charente-Maritime · CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole · INSEE 17441

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tesson (INSEE 17441) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. Population 1,148 (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/17441-tesson

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 79 % of the 13,501 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (PATISSERIE BOULESTIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE GOUT DU JOUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPTS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DELICE PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIEN MOINET, MÉDECIN · ERIC-ROBERT SANZA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE PATRICIA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PATISSERIE BOULESTIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LE GOUT DU JOUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	DELICE PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE TESSON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JULIEN MOINET, MÉDECIN · ERIC-ROBERT SANZA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES VIGNES	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	TESSON 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	1	COIFFURE PATRICIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 557 2023: 1,148 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,010 (2012) → 1,148 (2023): 13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 758 (1990) → 1,148 (2023): 51.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 590, of which 4.2 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 0.5 km N 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 (Tesson): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tesson): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tesson): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tesson): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tesson): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35.5

Muggy days a summer 9.1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 4.2 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 46 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 4.2 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 4.2 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17441/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17441/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17441/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17441/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17441
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
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	508 km NE	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Paul	87	162 km E	1,235	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Virieu-le-Grand	01	490 km E	1,111	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	163 km NE	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Villandraut	33	133 km S	1,112	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Rolampont	52	520 km NE	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villandraut	33	133 km S	1,112	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul	87	162 km E	1,235	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	163 km NE	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Virieu-le-Grand	01	490 km E	1,111	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	508 km NE	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 50 %
Rolampont	52	520 km NE	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Tesson'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
Trie-sur-Baïse	65	270 km S	1,006	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Berson	33	59 km S	1,846	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Brizambourg	17	25 km NE	997	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Burie	17	24 km NE	1,338	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche	17	26 km N	1,350	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Pérignac	17	15 km E	965	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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