Ronsenac

Charente · CC Lavalette Tude Dronne · INSEE 16283

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

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ronsenac (INSEE 16283) is in Charente (16), part of CC Lavalette Tude Dronne. Population 571 (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/16283-ronsenac

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 17,324 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.86
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE FLO · CCDECOIF). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE RONSENAC	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	RONSENAC 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	2	LES CISEAUX DE FLO · CCDECOIF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 506 peak 2012: 584 2023: 571 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 584 (2012) → 571 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 526 (1990) → 571 (2023): 8.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 335, of which 11.3 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.0 km EPharmacy — 2.4 km NEFood shop — 2.6 km NEBakery — 7.2 km W 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 (Boisné-La Tude): 7.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villebois-Lavalette): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villebois-Lavalette): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villebois-Lavalette): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ronsenac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.2

Days at or below 0 °C 59.9

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RONSENAC weather station, 0.4 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 102 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RONSENAC, 0.4 km away at 109 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RONSENAC, 0.4 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16283/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16283/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16283/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16283/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16408
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16283
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
Courgenay	89	401 km NE	564	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bantanges	71	396 km E	577	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pouillenay	21	394 km NE	605	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Coudures	40	208 km S	571	25	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 21 %
Marcillac-Lanville	16	45 km NW	521	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Prunay-Cassereau	41	252 km N	577	20.5	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcillac-Lanville	16	45 km NW	521	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Coudures	40	208 km S	571	25	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 21 %
Prunay-Cassereau	41	252 km N	577	20.5	Few services	no figures
Pouillenay	21	394 km NE	605	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bantanges	71	396 km E	577	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Courgenay	89	401 km NE	564	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Ronsenac'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
Bantanges	71	396 km E	577	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Briantes	36	182 km NE	589	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Dampniat	19	114 km E	716	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Miroir	71	410 km E	577	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Perreuil	71	365 km NE	550	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Vieille-Loye	39	449 km NE	405	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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