La Devise

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17457

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Devise (INSEE 17457) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 1,183 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2018-01-01 from 2 former communes: Chervettes (17103), Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière (17352). ^[3]

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/17457-la-devise

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 13,280 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	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.8	10	8
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (N-D VINET). ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (RS VANDRE LA DEVISE · LES FARFADETS DU LAC · AU DOMAINE DE GIGIE). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA DEVISE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VANDRE RP). ^[4]

2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LUCILE COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	N-D VINET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	3	RS VANDRE LA DEVISE · LES FARFADETS DU LAC · AU DOMAINE DE GIGIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA DEVISE	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 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VANDRE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	2	BIBLIOTHÈQUE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	LUCILE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 818 2023: 1,183 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,049 (2012) → 1,183 (2023): 12.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 910 (1990) → 1,183 (2023): 30 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 613, of which 9.6 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 3.2 km NWBakery — 5.3 km SW 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 (Muron): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Devise): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Pierre-La-Noue): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-La-Noue): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Devise): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 5.1 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[12]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SURGERES, 5.1 km away at 25 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 — 17457/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17457/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17457/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17457/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17457
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17340
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
Baldenheim	67	673 km NE	1,254	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Pern	35	265 km N	966	43	Partly served	no figures
Tresserre	66	482 km SE	1,166	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Névian	11	429 km SE	1,286	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 46 %
Savigny-Lévescault	86	109 km NE	1,240	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Bretteville-du-Grand-Caux	76	410 km N	1,405	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Savigny-Lévescault	86	109 km NE	1,240	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Pern	35	265 km N	966	43	Partly served	no figures
Bretteville-du-Grand-Caux	76	410 km N	1,405	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Névian	11	429 km SE	1,286	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 46 %
Tresserre	66	482 km SE	1,166	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Baldenheim	67	673 km NE	1,254	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %

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