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Condac

Charente · CC Val de Charente · INSEE 16104

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Condac (INSEE 16104) is in Charente (16), part of CC Val de Charente. Population 456 (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/16104-condac

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,933 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.792015.82
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.56105.63
Housing mix0.7353.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE REJALLANT · ILUA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

2 × Hairdresser (ADECOIFF). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (SASU AUBENCE CAMPING LE REJALLANT). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3LE REJALLANT · ILUAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2ADECOIFFINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1SASU AUBENCE CAMPING LE REJALLANTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 327 peak 2017: 477 2023: 456 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 466 (2012) → 456 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 429 (1990) → 456 (2023): 6.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 306, of which 13.4 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.6 km NW (Ruffec)Primary school — 1.6 km W (Ruffec)Bakery — 1.7 km W (Ruffec)Pharmacy — 1.8 km W (Ruffec)GP — 2.1 km W (Ruffec)
Food shop — 1.6 km NWPrimary school — 1.6 km WBakery — 1.7 km WPharmacy — 1.8 km WGP — 2.1 km W 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 (Ruffec): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ruffec): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Ruffec): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ruffec): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Ruffec): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the RUFFEC weather station, 3.4 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 106 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at RUFFEC, 3.4 km away at 121 m, over 12 summers. [9]

An average of 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at RUFFEC, 3.4 km away at 121 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16104/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16104/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16104/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16104/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16292
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Solaure en Diois26430 km E45633.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe8769 km E44931.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Montlinard18247 km NE49130.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rochessauve07375 km E49533.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Le Neufbourg50306 km N39728.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Fabras07353 km SE46730.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe8769 km E44931.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Montlinard18247 km NE49130.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Neufbourg50306 km N39728.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Fabras07353 km SE46730.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rochessauve07375 km E49533.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Solaure en Diois26430 km E45633.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Condac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bartrès65323 km S48536Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Forges77337 km NE44335Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Yonne89323 km NE43422.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bessey42355 km E46528Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Courant1762 km W44523.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Condal71392 km E46235.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %