Marsac

Charente · CA du Grand Angoulême · INSEE 16210

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

Few services 35.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsac (INSEE 16210) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 742 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 16,111 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	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.48
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LADY GATEAUX). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE MARSAC · ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT ECOLE EN FORET). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE DE LA GRANDE ILE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	LADY GATEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE MARSAC · ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT ECOLE EN FORET	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	BAIGNADE DE LA GRANDE ILE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 505 peak 2012: 834 2023: 742 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 834 (2012) → 742 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 708 (1990) → 742 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 376, of which 3.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.7 km SGP — 3.7 km WFood shop — 5.1 km NEPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Marsac): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Boixe): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (La Boixe): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Marsac): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTIGNAC weather station, 4 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 47 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTIGNAC, 4 km away at 63 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTIGNAC, 4 km away at 63 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 155,140 € — 1,107 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Charente is 1,144 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16210/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/72003ba0-5cf3-39af-8f86-84e31462c1f0— “Marché de Marsac”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16210/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16210/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16210/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16393
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16320
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Cram-Chaban	17	81 km NW	654	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Izel-lès-Hameau	62	540 km N	742	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Aubin-Saint-Vaast	62	536 km N	733	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Seninghem	62	570 km N	685	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Tréglonou	29	468 km NW	689	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Steinbrunn-le-Haut	68	594 km NE	693	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cram-Chaban	17	81 km NW	654	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Tréglonou	29	468 km NW	689	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Aubin-Saint-Vaast	62	536 km N	733	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Izel-lès-Hameau	62	540 km N	742	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Seninghem	62	570 km N	685	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Steinbrunn-le-Haut	68	594 km NE	693	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · 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 Marsac'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
Montmérac	16	40 km SW	730	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vallans	79	71 km NW	840	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Les Métairies	16	19 km W	707	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Montmorin	63	255 km E	731	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Panossas	38	398 km E	696	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Meyssiez	38	389 km E	671	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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