Plassac-Rouffiac

Identity

Plassac-Rouffiac (INSEE 16263) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 371 (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/16263-plassac-rouffiac

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 18,041 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

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

1 × Restaurant (ROUL'GALETTE). ^[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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 404 (2012) → 371 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 297 (1990) → 371 (2023): 24.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 4.2 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Coteaux-du-Blanzacais): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bécheresse): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mouthiers-sur-Boëme): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mouthiers-sur-Boëme): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Claix): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF weather station, 10.9 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[12]

The village sits 83 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST AULAIS, 11 km away at 100 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 10.9 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16263/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16263/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16263/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16263/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16046
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16036
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16236
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16101
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024