Ruffec
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ruffec (INSEE 16292) is in Charente (16), part of CC Val de Charente. Population 3,449 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 56.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).
Better served than 75 % of the 6,349 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 | 0.6 | 25 | 14.88 |
| Social | 0.74 | 20 | 14.78 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.46 | 10 | 4.61 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.39 | 10 | 3.86 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.51 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA SAVEUR DU PAIN · AU DELICE DU PALAIS · AU BON PAIN · LE MOULIN DES DELICES). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU COCHON ROSE). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DU COIN). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (DIAJO · LIDL · SOCIETE RUFFECOISE DE DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
12 × Restaurant (LA PAELLA MANIA · SARL SCAPIN · LES CAPRICES DU MARCHE · LE BISTROT CENTRAL · LE BASSIN). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE VINCENNE · LA CASE BOYER). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES CASTORS). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB E MENINGAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SACRE COEUR). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE VAL DE CHARENTE · COLLEGE PRIVE DU SACRE COEUR). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NADINE GEBARA, MÉDECIN · JEANNICK JARRAU, MÉDECIN · DOINA TERLEA-GEBARA, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PLACE D'ARMES · PHARMACIE DU MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LA CANOPÉE). [3]
1 × Cinema (FAMILY). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE ROC FLEURI · GYMNASE R GAVALLET · COLLEGE VAL DE CHARENTE). [3]
9 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE RUFFEC · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
7 × Hairdresser (PREFERENCE · MARIE COIFFURE · LE P'TIT SALON RUFFECOIS). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 8 | LA SAVEUR DU PAIN · AU DELICE DU PALAIS · AU BON PAIN · LE MOULIN DES DELICES | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | AU COCHON ROSE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | EPICERIE DU COIN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | DIAJO · LIDL · SOCIETE RUFFECOISE DE DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 12 | LA PAELLA MANIA · SARL SCAPIN · LES CAPRICES DU MARCHE · LE BISTROT CENTRAL · LE BASSIN | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE VINCENNE · LA CASE BOYER | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LES CASTORS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB E MENINGAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SACRE COEUR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE VAL DE CHARENTE · COLLEGE PRIVE DU SACRE COEUR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | NADINE GEBARA, MÉDECIN · JEANNICK JARRAU, MÉDECIN · DOINA TERLEA-GEBARA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE PLACE D'ARMES · PHARMACIE DU MARCHE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LA CANOPÉE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | FAMILY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | LYCEE ROC FLEURI · GYMNASE R GAVALLET · COLLEGE VAL DE CHARENTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 9 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE RUFFEC · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 7 | PREFERENCE · MARIE COIFFURE · LE P'TIT SALON RUFFECOIS | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,494 (2012) → 3,449 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,893 (1990) → 3,449 (2023): -11.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,303, of which 4.9 % second homes and 16.8 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ruffec): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Ruffec): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Ruffec): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Ruffec): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Ruffec): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the RUFFEC weather station, 1.8 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 104 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at RUFFEC, 1.8 km away at 121 m, over 12 summers. [10]
An average of 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at RUFFEC, 1.8 km away at 121 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Pharmacy
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16292/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/0318a70b-6468-3428-bf49-c12c9524f129— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16292/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16292/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16292/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16292
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouvray | 37 | 161 km N | 3,420 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mirande | 32 | 280 km S | 3,457 | 62.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Quissac | 30 | 381 km SE | 3,528 | 52.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 89 | 339 km NE | 3,391 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vic-Fezensac | 32 | 253 km S | 3,577 | 55.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 21 % |
| Vescovato | 2B | 834 km SE | 3,406 | 57.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouvray | 37 | 161 km N | 3,420 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vic-Fezensac | 32 | 253 km S | 3,577 | 55.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 21 % |
| Mirande | 32 | 280 km S | 3,457 | 62.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 89 | 339 km NE | 3,391 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quissac | 30 | 381 km SE | 3,528 | 52.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vescovato | 2B | 834 km SE | 3,406 | 57.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Ruffec'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 89 | 339 km NE | 3,391 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourgueil | 37 | 140 km N | 3,631 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Azay-le-Rideau | 37 | 139 km N | 3,438 | 55.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seltz | 67 | 674 km NE | 3,204 | 44.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lorris | 45 | 271 km NE | 2,996 | 65.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Lude | 72 | 180 km N | 3,983 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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