Corignac

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17118

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Corignac (INSEE 17118) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 326 (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 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,971 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.92	10	9.17
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GILLAIZEAU AGNAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	GILLAIZEAU AGNAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4]
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: 190 peak 2017: 360 2023: 326 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 357 (2012) → 326 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 230 (1990) → 326 (2023): 41.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 165, of which 2.4 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 0.5 km NWPrimary school — 3.8 km NGP — 3.9 km NPharmacy — 4.5 km NBakery — 7.8 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 (Chamouillac): 7.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Corignac): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montendre): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montendre): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montendre): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLIEU_SAPC weather station, 8.3 km away at 89 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLIEU_SAPC, 8.3 km away at 89 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 — 17118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17240
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
Chevigny	39	499 km NE	255	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 58 %
Paillé	17	82 km N	326	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Santeuil	28	385 km NE	324	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 85 %
Meslières	25	608 km NE	323	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 46 %
Lavans-lès-Dole	39	509 km NE	323	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 43 %
Velle-sur-Moselle	54	624 km NE	327	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 68 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Paillé	17	82 km N	326	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Santeuil	28	385 km NE	324	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 85 %
Chevigny	39	499 km NE	255	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 58 %
Lavans-lès-Dole	39	509 km NE	323	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 43 %
Meslières	25	608 km NE	323	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 46 %
Velle-sur-Moselle	54	624 km NE	327	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 68 %

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