Massac
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 18.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Massac (INSEE 17223) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 184 (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 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 60 % of the 15,466 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.48 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (UTOPIZZ). [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÉQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | UTOPIZZ | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÉQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [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
Population 158 (2012) → 184 (2023): 16.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 194 (1990) → 184 (2023): -5.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 124, of which 12.9 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Beauvais-sur-Matha): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Siecq): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Beauvais-sur-Matha): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Beauvais-sur-Matha): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Beauvais-sur-Matha): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LES-TOUCHES weather station, 5.7 km away at 52 m; the village itself is at 70 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LES-TOUCHES, 5.7 km away at 52 m, over 11 summers. [10]
An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LES-TOUCHES, 5.7 km away at 52 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17223/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17223/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17223/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17223/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17037
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17427
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouxurulles | 88 | 560 km NE | 176 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 % |
| Morley | 55 | 511 km NE | 204 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Meunet-sur-Vatan | 36 | 209 km NE | 198 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Boult-aux-Bois | 08 | 548 km NE | 157 | 21.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 92 % |
| Ranton | 86 | 127 km N | 204 | 20.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Orçay | 41 | 238 km NE | 206 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranton | 86 | 127 km N | 204 | 20.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Meunet-sur-Vatan | 36 | 209 km NE | 198 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Orçay | 41 | 238 km NE | 206 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 % |
| Morley | 55 | 511 km NE | 204 | 20.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Boult-aux-Bois | 08 | 548 km NE | 157 | 21.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 92 % |
| Bouxurulles | 88 | 560 km NE | 176 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 45 % · 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 Massac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lentillac-Saint-Blaise | 46 | 232 km SE | 191 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Villedieu | 17 | 23 km N | 200 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chapelle-Pouilloux | 79 | 37 km NE | 171 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Louzignac | 17 | 3.6 km S | 176 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Forgues | 31 | 289 km S | 214 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Razines | 37 | 132 km N | 218 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
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