Gensac-la-Pallue

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16150

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gensac-la-Pallue (INSEE 16150) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 1,627 (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/16150-gensac-la-pallue

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 11,045 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.46	10	4.56
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES PETITS PAINS D AMBRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COURTET). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (NHC PIZZA · L'ANOMALIE · LE GRIZZLY · LE TROQUET DES HALLES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GENSAC-LA-PALLUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GENSAC-LA-PALLUE VIVAL RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE BERENGERE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES PETITS PAINS D AMBRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COURTET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	NHC PIZZA · L'ANOMALIE · LE GRIZZLY · LE TROQUET DES HALLES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE GENSAC-LA-PALLUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GENSAC-LA-PALLUE VIVAL RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LES CISEAUX DE BERENGERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 979 peak 1990: 1,701 2023: 1,627 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,603 (2012) → 1,627 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,701 (1990) → 1,627 (2023): -4.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 836, of which 3.6 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop Primary school — 0.9 km NWGP — 4.5 km SEPharmacy — 4.7 km SE 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 (Gensac-la-Pallue): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gensac-la-Pallue): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Segonzac): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Segonzac): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.4

Days at or below 0 °C 29.1

Muggy days a summer 5.9

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEGONZAC_SAPC weather station, 4.7 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SEGONZAC_SAPC, 4.7 km away at 62 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SEGONZAC_SAPC, 4.7 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16150/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16150/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16150/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16150/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16150
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16366
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
Rougé	44	254 km N	2,146	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Meilhan-sur-Garonne	47	128 km S	1,326	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Biol	38	439 km E	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 14 % · humidity 64 %
Nouzilly	37	224 km N	1,234	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte	38	436 km E	1,600	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Gontaud-de-Nogaret	47	140 km S	1,638	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Meilhan-sur-Garonne	47	128 km S	1,326	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Gontaud-de-Nogaret	47	140 km S	1,638	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Nouzilly	37	224 km N	1,234	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Rougé	44	254 km N	2,146	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte	38	436 km E	1,600	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Biol	38	439 km E	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 14 % · 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 Gensac-la-Pallue'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
Virazeil	47	133 km S	1,715	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Berson	33	66 km SW	1,846	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare	24	129 km SE	1,672	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Balzac	16	31 km E	1,410	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Fleurie	69	388 km E	1,382	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fourques-sur-Garonne	47	138 km S	1,293	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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