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Étriac

Charente · CC des 4B Sud Charente · INSEE 16133

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Étriac (INSEE 16133) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 206 (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/16133-etriac

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 16,113 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.68106.77
Housing mix0.8954.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 162 2023: 206 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 200 (2012) → 206 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 175 (1990) → 206 (2023): 17.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 113, of which 5.3 % second homes and 15 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmFood shop — 1.3 km NW (Val des Vignes)Primary school — 1.3 km NW (Val des Vignes)Bakery — 7.3 km SE (Coteaux-du-Blanzacais)GP — 7.4 km SE (Coteaux-du-Blanzacais)Pharmacy — 11.8 km SW (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire)
Food shop — 1.3 km NWPrimary school — 1.3 km NWBakery — 7.3 km SEGP — 7.4 km SEPharmacy — 11.8 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 (Coteaux-du-Blanzacais): 7.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Val des Vignes): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Coteaux-du-Blanzacais): 7.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 11.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Val des Vignes): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF weather station, 6.9 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 121 m. [11]

The village sits 66 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ST AULAIS, 8.2 km away at 100 m, over 11 summers. [11]

An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 6.9 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16133/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16133/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16133/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16133/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16046
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16175
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16028
  11. 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
Boucagnères32224 km S20716.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Colligis-Crandelain02518 km NE20715.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Maucourt80518 km NE20517.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Sombrin62557 km N20510No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Cahuzac-sur-Adour32210 km S20416No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Villemorien10435 km NE20311.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cahuzac-sur-Adour32210 km S20416No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Boucagnères32224 km S20716.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villemorien10435 km NE20311.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Maucourt80518 km NE20517.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Colligis-Crandelain02518 km NE20715.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Sombrin62557 km N20510No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · 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 Étriac'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
Fleurac1622 km N2019.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lahage31248 km S2129.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bellefond3385 km S21312.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cibard3365 km S18810No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Mireval-Lauragais11298 km SE19314.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Brion8699 km N22412.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %