La Vallée

Charente-Maritime · CC Coeur de Saintonge · INSEE 17455

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

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Vallée (INSEE 17455) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Coeur de Saintonge. Population 707 (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/17455-la-vallee

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 16,367 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.71	10	7.09
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA VALLEE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE NICOLE LIOT). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE NICOLE LIOT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 570 2023: 707 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 684 (2012) → 707 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 585 (1990) → 707 (2023): 20.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 6.6 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.5 km EFood shop — 3.6 km EBakery — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 7.0 km NW 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 (Beurlay): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bords): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bords): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tonnay-Charente): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Vallée): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 21.8

Muggy days a summer 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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST AGNANT weather station, 11.2 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST AGNANT, 11.2 km away at 18 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BORDS, 3.2 km away at 6 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 — 17455/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17455/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17455/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17455/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17449
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17455
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
Berzé-la-Ville	71	430 km E	708	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 20 % · humidity 50 %
Grand'Landes	85	121 km NW	725	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Cernin-de-Larche	19	196 km SE	695	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 %
Magné	86	108 km NE	672	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
La Combe-de-Lancey	38	530 km E	745	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 1 % · humidity 43 %
Courcoury	17	28 km SE	721	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courcoury	17	28 km SE	721	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Magné	86	108 km NE	672	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Grand'Landes	85	121 km NW	725	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Cernin-de-Larche	19	196 km SE	695	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 %
Berzé-la-Ville	71	430 km E	708	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 20 % · humidity 50 %
La Combe-de-Lancey	38	530 km E	745	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 1 % · humidity 43 %

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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 La Vallée'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
Courcoury	17	28 km SE	721	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Cescau	64	277 km S	630	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Soulignonne	17	13 km S	752	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Chay	17	28 km S	840	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vaize	17	18 km SE	620	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Armou	64	279 km S	609	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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