Meursac

Charente-Maritime · CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole · INSEE 17232

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

Few services 39.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meursac (INSEE 17232) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. Population 1,563 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 11,310 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (KIJI). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MEURSAC). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HUBERT LEBOULANGER, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEURSAC AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RUE DES ÉCOLES). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (LE P'TIT SALON). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	KIJI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MEURSAC	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	HUBERT LEBOULANGER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MEURSAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RUE DES ÉCOLES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	LE P'TIT SALON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 975 2023: 1,563 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,429 (2012) → 1,563 (2023): 9.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 922 (1990) → 1,563 (2023): 69.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 916, of which 11.5 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.1 km NEBakery — 4.1 km SWPharmacy — 7.6 km S 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 (Corme-Écluse): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Thézac): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Meursac): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Cozes): 7.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Meursac): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.3

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ROYAN-MEDIS weather station, 12.9 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at ROYAN-MEDIS, 12.9 km away at 12 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SAUJON, 9.4 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17232/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2023-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/50071c5f-2a09-3041-a25e-e691931a6c11— “Marché de Meursac”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17232/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17232/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17232/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17445
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17232
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17131
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
Saint-Jean-de-Verges	09	351 km SE	1,290	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ménéac	56	304 km NW	1,476	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 72 %
Benquet	40	204 km S	1,913	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	297 km SE	1,603	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-La-Noue	17	48 km N	1,486	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Larringes	74	576 km E	1,592	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 15 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-La-Noue	17	48 km N	1,486	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Benquet	40	204 km S	1,913	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	297 km SE	1,603	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Ménéac	56	304 km NW	1,476	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Jean-de-Verges	09	351 km SE	1,290	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Larringes	74	576 km E	1,592	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 15 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Meursac'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
Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult	17	20 km N	1,811	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Thuré	86	164 km NE	2,765	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Cabariot	17	31 km N	1,481	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Yves	17	47 km NW	1,585	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chaunay	86	97 km NE	1,194	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Ciré-d'Aunis	17	46 km N	1,583	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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