Lessac

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16181

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

Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lessac (INSEE 16181) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 549 (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/16181-lessac

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,510 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.44	10	4.37
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU P'TIT PANIER BIO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AU CHAMP DES PAPILLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LESSAC). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LESSAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ELODIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU P'TIT PANIER BIO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	AU CHAMP DES PAPILLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LESSAC	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LESSAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ELODIE COIFFURE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 648 2023: 549 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 566 (2012) → 549 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 586 (1990) → 549 (2023): -6.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 342, of which 11.7 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km WBakery — 5.3 km EGP — 5.7 km SPharmacy — 5.9 km S 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 (Brillac): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lessac): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Confolens): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Confolens): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lessac): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 46.7

Muggy days a summer 5.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CONFOLENS weather station, 5.5 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 148 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CONFOLENS, 5.5 km away at 141 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CONFOLENS, 5.5 km away at 141 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16181/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16181/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16181/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16181/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16106
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-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	312 km E	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Valeyrac	33	143 km SW	552	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cloître-Pleyben	29	422 km NW	502	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Albaret-Sainte-Marie	48	240 km SE	559	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
Moussey	57	543 km NE	559	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 57 %
Les Sièges	89	319 km NE	439	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valeyrac	33	143 km SW	552	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Albaret-Sainte-Marie	48	240 km SE	559	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	312 km E	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Les Sièges	89	319 km NE	439	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Le Cloître-Pleyben	29	422 km NW	502	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Moussey	57	543 km NE	559	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 57 %

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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 Lessac'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
Valeyrac	33	143 km SW	552	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Sièges	89	319 km NE	439	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Loisy	71	339 km E	693	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Crazannes	17	109 km W	442	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Secondin	86	32 km NW	531	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Marnay	86	45 km NW	713	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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