Thénac

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17444

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

Few services 39.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thénac (INSEE 17444) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 1,748 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17444-thenac

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 42 % of the 10,502 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Restaurant (LES DELICES DE K'LOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE COMPTOIR D'ICI). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOPHIE NGUYEN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHÉNAC EDMOND MAGUIER). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (DE HARO LYSA · HISTOIRE DE SUBLIMER). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (DOMAINE DES CHAIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PATISSERIE BOULESTIER	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]
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	LES DELICES DE K'LOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE COMPTOIR D'ICI	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE THENAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SOPHIE NGUYEN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHÉNAC EDMOND MAGUIER	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	2	DE HARO LYSA · HISTOIRE DE SUBLIMER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	DOMAINE DES CHAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 705 2023: 1,748 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,618 (2012) → 1,748 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 922 (1990) → 1,748 (2023): 89.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 848, of which 2.9 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 3.4 km S 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 (Thénac): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Chermignac): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Thénac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tesson): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Thénac): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the VILLARS EN PONS weather station, 7.8 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 7.8 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 7.8 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17444/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2022-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/09fbce4c-8656-34a4-8381-4e339c37c505— “Marché de Thénac”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17444/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17444/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17444/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17444
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17102
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
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	137 km E	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Guengat	29	378 km NW	1,846	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Luant	36	207 km NE	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	270 km N	1,537	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Allan	26	446 km E	1,980	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Saubrigues	40	235 km S	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	137 km E	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Luant	36	207 km NE	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Saubrigues	40	235 km S	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	270 km N	1,537	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Guengat	29	378 km NW	1,846	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Allan	26	446 km E	1,980	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · 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 Thénac'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
Château-l'Évêque	24	114 km SE	2,158	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Mariens	33	64 km S	1,639	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tauriac	33	70 km S	1,342	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Verges	09	346 km SE	1,290	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil	33	45 km S	1,365	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Cubnezais	33	69 km S	1,915	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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