Bussac-sur-Charente

Charente-Maritime · CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo" · INSEE 17073

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

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bussac-sur-Charente (INSEE 17073) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA "Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo". Population 1,321 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 12,541 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.84	10	8.36
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMILIE POULAIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BUSSAC SUR CHARENTE LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE GUY CHAPUIS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE MOTRICITE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DEL'COIF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	EMILIE POULAIN, 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	BUSSAC SUR CHARENTE LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE GUY CHAPUIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE MOTRICITE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	DEL'COIF	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: 602 peak 2012: 1,338 2023: 1,321 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,338 (2012) → 1,321 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 989 (1990) → 1,321 (2023): 33.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 671, of which 3.7 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.9 km NWFood shop — 4.3 km SPharmacy — 4.3 km S 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 (Port-d'Envaux): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saintes): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bussac-sur-Charente): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saintes): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bussac-sur-Charente): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 28.3

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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

Measured at the SAINTES weather station, 3.4 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SAINTES, 3.4 km away at 38 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINTES, 3.4 km away at 38 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 — 17073/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17073/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17073/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17073/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17285
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17415
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17073
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
Merxheim	68	647 km NE	1,396	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Villers-les-Pots	21	485 km E	1,220	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 54 %
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel	34	426 km SE	1,246	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Brouilla	66	456 km SE	1,572	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Domgermain	54	582 km NE	1,120	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Cauvigny	60	446 km NE	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel	34	426 km SE	1,246	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Cauvigny	60	446 km NE	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Brouilla	66	456 km SE	1,572	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Villers-les-Pots	21	485 km E	1,220	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 54 %
Domgermain	54	582 km NE	1,120	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Merxheim	68	647 km NE	1,396	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Bussac-sur-Charente'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
Nuaillé-d'Aunis	17	54 km NW	1,279	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Angliers	17	53 km NW	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hippolyte	17	24 km NW	1,495	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Azereix	65	291 km S	992	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Les Gonds	17	8.4 km S	1,740	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Antran	86	149 km NE	1,148	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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