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Nonac

Charente · CC Lavalette Tude Dronne · INSEE 16246

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

No daily shops 17.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nonac (INSEE 16246) is in Charente (16), part of CC Lavalette Tude Dronne. Population 266 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/16246-nonac

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,491 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.42104.17
Housing mix0.8154.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE RESTO DE NONAC). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE RESTO DE NONACINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 414 2023: 266 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 304 (2012) → 266 (2023): -12.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 290 (1990) → 266 (2023): -8.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 182, of which 9.3 % second homes and 21.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 5.2 km N (Pérignac)GP — 6.0 km E (Montmoreau)Bakery — 6.4 km E (Montmoreau)Food shop — 6.4 km N (Val des Vignes)Pharmacy — 6.4 km E (Montmoreau)
Primary school — 5.2 km NGP — 6.0 km EBakery — 6.4 km EFood shop — 6.4 km NPharmacy — 6.4 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 (Montmoreau): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Val des Vignes): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Montmoreau): 6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Montmoreau): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Pérignac): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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

Measured at the ST AULAIS weather station, 7.8 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 135 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ST AULAIS, 7.8 km away at 100 m, over 11 summers. [11]

An average of 754 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST AULAIS, 7.8 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16246/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16246/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16246/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16246/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16230
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16175
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16258
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rouperroux-le-Coquet72313 km N26618.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 85 %
Leschelle02576 km NE26916.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Lary32192 km S27124.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Sommaire61380 km N26120Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Issepts46169 km SE26623.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Fontguenand36230 km NE24819.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Issepts46169 km SE26623.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Lary32192 km S27124.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fontguenand36230 km NE24819.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Rouperroux-le-Coquet72313 km N26618.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Sommaire61380 km N26120Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Leschelle02576 km NE26916.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · 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 Nonac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Félix-de-Foncaude3386 km S29320.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bourg-du-Bost2423 km SE24726.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Ferrière-Airoux86103 km N33420.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gans33108 km S20722.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sigalens33108 km S34223.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Auribail31253 km SE19322.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %