Vénérand

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17462

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

Partly served 46.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vénérand (INSEE 17462) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 771 (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/17462-venerand

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 15,864 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.33
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 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) (SUCRE SALE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BRASERO). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	SUCRE SALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BRASERO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE VENERAND	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 377 2023: 771 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 742 (2012) → 771 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 538 (1990) → 771 (2023): 43.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 6 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.8 km NWFood shop — 3.3 km EGP — 3.8 km SWPharmacy — 6.6 km NE 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 (Vénérand): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Écoyeux): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fontcouverte): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Brizambourg): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Vénérand): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 28.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINTES weather station, 8.2 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 8.2 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINTES, 8.2 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 — 17462/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17462/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17462/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17462/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17462
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17164
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17070
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
Galargues	34	426 km SE	752	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Noordpeene	59	599 km N	825	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Wierre-Effroy	62	580 km N	834	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Messey-sur-Grosne	71	419 km E	742	44.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	304 km N	824	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Dorat	63	313 km E	719	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	304 km N	824	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Dorat	63	313 km E	719	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %
Messey-sur-Grosne	71	419 km E	742	44.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Galargues	34	426 km SE	752	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Wierre-Effroy	62	580 km N	834	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Noordpeene	59	599 km N	825	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Vénérand'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
Saint-Faust	64	281 km S	738	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Léguillac-de-l'Auche	24	110 km SE	968	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jammes	64	272 km S	642	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-la-Virvée	33	93 km S	956	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Trébons	65	304 km S	760	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Beaugeay	17	36 km W	794	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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