Courpignac

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17129

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

Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courpignac (INSEE 17129) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 421 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/17129-courpignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,948 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	0.73	10	7.35
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

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 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 × Restaurant (LES PETITS PLAISIRS BASQUES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE COURPIGNAC). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	LES PETITS PLAISIRS BASQUES	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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE COURPIGNAC	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 [3,4]
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: 396 2023: 421 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 413 (2012) → 421 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 341 (1990) → 421 (2023): 23.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 5.9 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km SEFood shop — 3.7 km NWGP — 6.5 km SPharmacy — 7.4 km SE 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): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soubran): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val-de-Livenne): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montendre): 7.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Courpignac): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 16.2 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 16.2 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MIRAMBEAU, 8.6 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

22 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 135,500 € — 865 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Charente-Maritime is 2,339 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17129/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17129/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17129/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17129/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17430
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33380
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17240
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17129
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Gensac-sur-Garonne	31	267 km SE	451	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent	64	242 km S	402	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Bâton	79	129 km N	415	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Monblanc	32	238 km SE	394	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Oudry	71	385 km NE	387	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Vigoux	36	202 km NE	472	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Bâton	79	129 km N	415	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Vigoux	36	202 km NE	472	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Monblanc	32	238 km SE	394	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent	64	242 km S	402	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Gensac-sur-Garonne	31	267 km SE	451	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Oudry	71	385 km NE	387	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · 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 Courpignac'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
Vaux	31	278 km SE	310	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Criteuil-la-Magdeleine	16	32 km NE	405	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bertric-Burée	24	66 km E	445	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Coslédaà-Lube-Boast	64	208 km S	374	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Bussac	24	86 km E	379	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Guimps	16	24 km NE	497	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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