Thors

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17446

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

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thors (INSEE 17446) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 477 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,892 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.55	10	5.46
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (VYÃNAS.). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 THORS	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	THORS 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	VYÃNAS.	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: 460 2023: 477 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 441 (2012) → 477 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 456 (1990) → 477 (2023): 4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 3.4 % second homes and 16.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km EFood shop — 3.4 km WGP — 4.0 km NPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Sonnac): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prignac): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Matha): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Matha): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Thors): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.7

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MATHA weather station, 3.2 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BURIE, 10.3 km away at 56 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 842 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MATHA, 3.2 km away at 38 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 — 17446/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17446/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17446/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17446/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17428
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17446
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
Peyraud	07	401 km E	516	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Treteau	03	302 km E	520	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Vavincourt	55	533 km NE	534	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Moyen	54	598 km NE	517	27.4	Few services	no figures
Ussel	15	267 km E	453	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 22 % · humidity 50 %
Remoncourt	88	551 km NE	567	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ussel	15	267 km E	453	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 22 % · humidity 50 %
Treteau	03	302 km E	520	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Peyraud	07	401 km E	516	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vavincourt	55	533 km NE	534	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Remoncourt	88	551 km NE	567	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Moyen	54	598 km NE	517	27.4	Few services	no figures

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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 Thors'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
Pondaurat	33	145 km S	455	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac	33	100 km S	509	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Douzat	16	28 km SE	438	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Sonnac	17	3.2 km E	512	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Auragne	31	307 km SE	480	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bassac	16	25 km SE	529	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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