Lonzac

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17209

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

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lonzac (INSEE 17209) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 267 (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/17209-lonzac

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,524 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.94
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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE GALIOT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LONZAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L.COLOR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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]
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	LE GALIOT	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 LONZAC	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	1	LONZAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L.COLOR	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: 245 peak 2017: 271 2023: 267 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 251 (2012) → 267 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 267 (2023): 9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 135, of which 5.9 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km SWBakery — 4.2 km NEGP — 4.2 km SPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Salles-d'Angles): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jarnac-Champagne): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jarnac-Champagne): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ars): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lonzac): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 12.7▸

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SALIGNAC weather station, 8.7 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 34 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARCHIAC, 11.7 km away at 56 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SALIGNAC, 8.7 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17209/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17209/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17209/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17209/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16359
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17209
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
Montalet-le-Bois	78	419 km NE	322	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %
Caumont	09	309 km SE	336	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Maizières	70	533 km NE	317	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Aubin-le-Dépeint	37	235 km N	340	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 21 %
Einvaux	54	606 km NE	338	30.4	Few services	no figures
Clais	76	488 km N	264	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin-le-Dépeint	37	235 km N	340	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 21 %
Caumont	09	309 km SE	336	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Montalet-le-Bois	78	419 km NE	322	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %
Clais	76	488 km N	264	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 14 %
Maizières	70	533 km NE	317	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %
Einvaux	54	606 km NE	338	30.4	Few services	no figures

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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 Lonzac'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
Préchac-sur-Adour	32	224 km S	197	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Mouscardès	40	227 km S	265	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Ségos	32	219 km S	256	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière	33	72 km S	392	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Jû-Belloc	32	226 km S	286	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Verdets	64	264 km S	300	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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