Pérignac

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17273

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 52.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pérignac (INSEE 17273) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 965 (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/17273-perignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 88 % of the 14,559 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.5	10	5.01
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE DU GUA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ENTREPOTES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PAUSE BEUN'AISE · L'EMPREINTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE PERIGNAC). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PIERRE CHAUVET, MÉDECIN · LUDOVIC LECONTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BUREAU LAMBERT). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE JU). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE DU GUA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'ENTREPOTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LA PAUSE BEUN'AISE · L'EMPREINTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE PERIGNAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-PIERRE CHAUVET, MÉDECIN · LUDOVIC LECONTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BUREAU LAMBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	PERIGNAC 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	2	L'ATELIER DE JU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 907 peak 2017: 1,017 2023: 965 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 995 (2012) → 965 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 964 (1990) → 965 (2023): 0.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 546, of which 3.3 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 km SW 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 (Pérignac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pérignac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pérignac): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pérignac): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pérignac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39

Muggy days a summer 9.1

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SALIGNAC weather station, 5.9 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at VILLARS EN PONS, 12.9 km away at 55 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SALIGNAC, 5.9 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17273/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17273/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17273/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17273/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17273
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
Parcey	39	482 km E	993	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Moulon	33	89 km S	1,068	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Azerailles	54	628 km NE	786	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %
Miré	49	237 km N	1,060	42.2	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac	24	117 km SE	971	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois	72	311 km N	1,003	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moulon	33	89 km S	1,068	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac	24	117 km SE	971	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Miré	49	237 km N	1,060	42.2	Partly served	no figures
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois	72	311 km N	1,003	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 72 %
Parcey	39	482 km E	993	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Azerailles	54	628 km NE	786	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Pérignac'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
Lamothe-Landerron	33	126 km S	1,114	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Tesson	17	15 km W	1,148	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villefranche-de-Lonchat	24	86 km SE	998	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Trie-sur-Baïse	65	265 km S	1,006	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Frontenac	33	102 km S	803	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sauternes	33	122 km S	788	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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