Pranzac

Charente · CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord · INSEE 16269

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

Partly served 45.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pranzac (INSEE 16269) is in Charente (16), part of CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord. Population 872 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 15,175 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.5	10	4.98
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (HALL LOUISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PAIX). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILBERT NADEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE BOUCHER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	HALL LOUISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA PAIX	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE PRANZAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GILBERT NADEAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PRANZAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 629 peak 2012: 920 2023: 872 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 920 (2012) → 872 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 874 (1990) → 872 (2023): -0.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 444, of which 1.1 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.7 km SEPharmacy — 2.7 km SE 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 (Pranzac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chazelles): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pranzac): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chazelles): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pranzac): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.3

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARTHON weather station, 9.6 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 93 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARTHON, 9.6 km away at 120 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHEFOUCAUL, 8 km away at 81 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16269/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16269/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16269/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16269/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16269
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16093
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
Louhossoa	64	295 km SW	886	54.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 7 %
Bertrichamps	54	576 km NE	1,081	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Ferfay	62	561 km N	861	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Bougarber	64	261 km S	889	53.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 21 %
Valdurenque	81	280 km SE	885	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Louvignies-Quesnoy	59	563 km NE	899	50	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bougarber	64	261 km S	889	53.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 21 %
Valdurenque	81	280 km SE	885	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Louhossoa	64	295 km SW	886	54.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 7 %
Ferfay	62	561 km N	861	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Louvignies-Quesnoy	59	563 km NE	899	50	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bertrichamps	54	576 km NE	1,081	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · 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 Pranzac'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
Rochefort-sur-Nenon	39	431 km NE	700	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Molles	03	253 km E	904	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chémery	41	205 km NE	925	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Augignac	24	29 km E	820	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Étables	07	347 km E	1,000	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Courzieu	69	328 km E	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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