Foussignac

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16145

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

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Foussignac (INSEE 16145) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 661 (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/16145-foussignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 16,656 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.72	10	7.17
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE VINET FORILLERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EL PAELLA DE DIEGO). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (O CISEAUX DE MARIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE VINET FORILLERE	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	1	EL PAELLA DE DIEGO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	1	O CISEAUX DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 406 2023: 661 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 592 (2012) → 661 (2023): 11.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 543 (1990) → 661 (2023): 21.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 333, of which 2.4 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 2.4 km SFood shop — 3.7 km NWGP — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 3.8 km NW 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 (Foussignac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sigogne): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Sigogne): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Triac-Lautrait): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 31.5

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SIGOGNE weather station, 3.1 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 70 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SIGOGNE, 3.1 km away at 74 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SIGOGNE, 3.1 km away at 74 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 — 16145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16369
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16387
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
Saint-Léger	17	37 km W	679	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Blacy	51	487 km NE	614	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Kerling-lès-Sierck	57	635 km NE	599	31	Few services	no figures
Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice	42	330 km E	568	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 %
Benoîtville	50	442 km N	640	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Mittelschaeffolsheim	67	675 km NE	560	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léger	17	37 km W	679	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice	42	330 km E	568	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 %
Benoîtville	50	442 km N	640	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Blacy	51	487 km NE	614	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Kerling-lès-Sierck	57	635 km NE	599	31	Few services	no figures
Mittelschaeffolsheim	67	675 km NE	560	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Foussignac'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
Reignac	16	33 km S	712	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Croignon	33	101 km S	749	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Maucor	64	263 km S	564	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Poueyferré	65	289 km S	827	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cursan	33	103 km S	663	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Balanzac	17	55 km W	642	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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