Bassac

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16032

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

Few services 27.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bassac (INSEE 16032) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 529 (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/16032-bassac

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,629 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.4
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (FOURNIL DE BASSAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE MARCILHACY). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL L'ESSILLE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FOURNIL DE BASSAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 PIERRE MARCILHACY	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	BASSAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL L'ESSILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 509 peak 2012: 550 2023: 529 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 550 (2012) → 529 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 464 (1990) → 529 (2023): 14 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 289, of which 13.5 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.9 km NWFood shop — 3.6 km WPharmacy — 3.6 km SWGP — 4.1 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 (Bassac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mainxe-Gondeville): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mérignac): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Même-les-Carrières): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bassac): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

Muggy days a summer 5.5

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GRAVES-SAINT-AMANT weather station, 1.8 km away at 22 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at GRAVES-SAINT-AMANT, 1.8 km away at 22 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GRAVES-SAINT-AMANT, 1.8 km away at 22 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 — 16032/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16032/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16032/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16032/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16340
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
Pruniers	36	208 km NE	496	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
La Taillée	85	102 km NW	550	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Perreuil	71	382 km E	550	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Fort-du-Plasne	39	481 km E	484	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Sonnac	17	24 km NW	512	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Schorbach	57	681 km NE	548	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sonnac	17	24 km NW	512	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
La Taillée	85	102 km NW	550	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Pruniers	36	208 km NE	496	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Perreuil	71	382 km E	550	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Fort-du-Plasne	39	481 km E	484	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Schorbach	57	681 km NE	548	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · 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 Bassac'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
Sonnac	17	24 km NW	512	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Gouex	86	99 km NE	487	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Marcillac-Lanville	16	23 km NE	521	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Coulgens	16	35 km NE	558	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Rochette	16	36 km NE	523	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Courbillac	16	13 km NW	725	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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