Marillac-le-Franc

Charente · CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord · INSEE 16209

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

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marillac-le-Franc (INSEE 16209) is in Charente (16), part of CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord. Population 825 (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/16209-marillac-le-franc

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 15,483 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.82	10	8.18
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ BABY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ NOUS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MARILLAC-LE-FRANCQ). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	CHEZ BABY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ NOUS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MARILLAC-LE-FRANCQ	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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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: 521 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 824 (2012) → 825 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 626 (1990) → 825 (2023): 31.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 5.3 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km WFood shop — 3.2 km WPharmacy — 3.4 km WGP — 3.6 km W 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 (La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rivières): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marillac-le-Franc): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.5

Muggy days a summer 4.2

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RIVIERES weather station, 5.5 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RIVIERES, 5.5 km away at 109 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHEFOUCAUL, 3.2 km away at 81 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 — 16209/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16209/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16209/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16209/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16280
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16209
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
Gratens	31	274 km S	805	43	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Poligny	77	328 km NE	825	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Cécile	50	366 km N	792	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Sarrewerden	67	614 km NE	816	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Laud	49	217 km N	837	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Beaugeay	17	112 km W	794	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaugeay	17	112 km W	794	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Laud	49	217 km N	837	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Gratens	31	274 km S	805	43	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Poligny	77	328 km NE	825	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Cécile	50	366 km N	792	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Sarrewerden	67	614 km NE	816	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Marillac-le-Franc'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
Souzay-Champigny	49	170 km N	686	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Varennes-lès-Narcy	58	261 km NE	901	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	327 km E	784	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Nieuil	16	17 km N	883	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Agris	16	8.4 km NW	891	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mosnac-Saint-Simeux	16	37 km W	950	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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