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Fléac-sur-Seugne

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17159

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fléac-sur-Seugne (INSEE 17159) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 361 (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/17159-fleac-sur-seugne

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,032 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.56105.62
Housing mix0.8954.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE FLEAC-SUR-SEUGNE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FLEAC SUR SEUGNE AP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (BEA - COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE DE FLEAC-SUR-SEUGNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1FLEAC SUR SEUGNE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1BEA - COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 356 peak 2012: 382 2023: 361 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 382 (2012) → 361 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 340 (1990) → 361 (2023): 6.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 206, of which 5.3 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 4.1 km N (Pons)Food shop — 4.7 km N (Pons)Pharmacy — 4.7 km N (Pons)GP — 5.0 km N (Pons)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.1 km NFood shop — 4.7 km NPharmacy — 4.7 km NGP — 5.0 km N 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 (Pons): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pons): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Pons): 5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pons): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Fléac-sur-Seugne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PONS weather station, 4.2 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 22 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 9.9 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. [10]

An average of 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PONS, 4.2 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17159/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17159/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17159/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17159/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17283
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 17159
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lemé02577 km NE40918.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Orville62557 km N34121.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Haget32242 km S36319.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 64 %
Soissons-sur-Nacey21498 km NE35524.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Villers-sur-Auchy60473 km N37021.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Bourdons-sur-Rognon52535 km NE29319.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Haget32242 km S36319.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 64 %
Villers-sur-Auchy60473 km N37021.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Soissons-sur-Nacey21498 km NE35524.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Bourdons-sur-Rognon52535 km NE29319.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Orville62557 km N34121.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Lemé02577 km NE40918.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Lézer65245 km S43520.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bazillac65248 km S37313.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Caixon65240 km S34018.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sarniguet65251 km S26027.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Puy-du-Lac1749 km N52317.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Labatmale64263 km S25714.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %