Champagnac

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17082

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

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Champagnac (INSEE 17082) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 488 (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/17082-champagnac

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,802 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.43
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Café / bar (LAMUSE BOUCHE). ^[4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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]
Café / bar	1	LAMUSE BOUCHE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CHAMPAGNAC	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 404 peak 2017: 529 2023: 488 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 526 (2012) → 488 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 427 (1990) → 488 (2023): 14.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 7.6 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km SPharmacy — 3.5 km SGP — 3.6 km WFood shop — 4.8 km NW 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 (Ozillac): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jonzac): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jonzac): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ozillac): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Champagnac): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 4.3 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 43 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 4.3 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 4.3 km away at 71 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 — 17082/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17082/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17082/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17082/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17270
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17082
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
Échallat	16	42 km NE	480	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Franleu	80	541 km N	501	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Échebrune	17	20 km N	480	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Le Nizan	33	106 km S	506	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Avy	17	17 km NW	510	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Montaigu-la-Brisette	50	467 km N	495	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avy	17	17 km NW	510	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Échebrune	17	20 km N	480	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Échallat	16	42 km NE	480	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Nizan	33	106 km S	506	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Montaigu-la-Brisette	50	467 km N	495	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Franleu	80	541 km N	501	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Champagnac'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
Échallat	16	42 km NE	480	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vielle-Adour	65	257 km S	479	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Yviers	16	34 km SE	541	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Voulon	86	115 km NE	463	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Comps	33	43 km SW	531	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-Antignac	17	12 km NW	416	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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