Mérignac

Identity

Mérignac (INSEE 16216) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 805 (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/16216-merignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 15,626 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (SNC AUBERGE DE LA GRAND'PLANTE · L'ATELIER). ^[3,4]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER COMTE, MÉDECIN · AXELLE BRENOT-BRILLARD, MÉDECIN · AXELLE PLESANT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL THEBAUD, MÉDECIN · RODOLPHE BRILLARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MERIGNAC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON D EMMANUELLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 743 (2012) → 805 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 751 (1990) → 805 (2023): 7.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 5.1 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Foussignac): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mérignac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mérignac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mérignac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mérignac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ECHALLAT weather station, 5.2 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[10]

The village sits 68 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ECHALLAT, 5.2 km away at 116 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 68 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ECHALLAT, 5.2 km away at 116 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16216/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16216/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16216/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16216/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16145
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16216
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024