Genac-Bignac

Charente · CC du Rouillacais · INSEE 16148

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

Partly served 41.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Genac-Bignac (INSEE 16148) is in Charente (16), part of CC du Rouillacais. Population 974 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Bignac (16043). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 14,468 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.48
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT A AMBIANCE IDEAL CUISINE). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ NOUNETTE). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE GENAC-BIGNAC). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GENAC RP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (GENAC TIF). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC DE BIGNAC). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	RESTAURANT A AMBIANCE IDEAL CUISINE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ NOUNETTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE GENAC-BIGNAC	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	GENAC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	GENAC TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU LAC DE BIGNAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 840 peak 2017: 997 2023: 974 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 986 (2012) → 974 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 929 (1990) → 974 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 561, of which 7 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km NWGP — 5.3 km SFood shop — 6.9 km NEPharmacy — 8.9 km E 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 (Rouillac): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Xambes): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amant-de-Boixe): 8.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Genac-Bignac): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[13]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.5

Days at or below 0 °C 43.1

Muggy days a summer 3

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[14]

Measured at the MONTIGNAC weather station, 6.3 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[14]

Humidity measured at MONTIGNAC, 6.3 km away at 63 m, over 20 summers. ^[14]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[14]

Rainfall measured at MONTIGNAC, 6.3 km away at 63 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16423
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16320
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16295
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16148
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-Ouen-les-Vignes	37	200 km N	963	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Boucoiran-et-Nozières	30	384 km SE	991	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Molles	03	275 km E	904	46.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Feugarolles	47	177 km S	1,015	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais	72	268 km N	890	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Siméon	77	411 km NE	883	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Feugarolles	47	177 km S	1,015	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes	37	200 km N	963	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais	72	268 km N	890	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Molles	03	275 km E	904	46.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Boucoiran-et-Nozières	30	384 km SE	991	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Siméon	77	411 km NE	883	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Genac-Bignac'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
Montseveroux	38	387 km E	999	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Lens-Lestang	26	395 km E	884	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Agris	16	24 km E	891	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Torteron	18	263 km NE	785	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre	36	126 km NE	1,023	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bézenet	03	225 km E	910	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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