 The rise of "Aigrefeuille" during this period also came from its situation on the route from "La Rochelle" to "Surgères"; the village was served by a first class road, which corresponded to a paved road in the Généralité road network of "Aunis" and "Saintonge".At the dawn of the French Revolution, "Aigrefeuille" was a large rural parish, with more than a thousand inhabitants.In 1793, its population was 1,290 inhabitants.