Rouffignac

Charente-Maritime · CC de la Haute Saintonge · INSEE 17305

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

Few services 30.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rouffignac (INSEE 17305) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC de la Haute Saintonge. Population 437 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/17305-rouffignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,936 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	0.72	10	7.21
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE ROUFFIGNAC	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	1		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: 475 2023: 437 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 433 (2012) → 437 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 358 (1990) → 437 (2023): 22.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 8.3 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km SFood shop — 3.5 km SEPharmacy — 6.4 km SEGP — 7.2 km SE 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 (Chamouillac): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Coux): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montendre): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montendre): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rouffignac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN weather station, 14 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST GERMAIN DE LUSIGNAN, 14 km away at 71 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MIRAMBEAU, 10.4 km away at 55 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 — 17305/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17305/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17305/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17305/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17240
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17305
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-Ganton	35	290 km N	413	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle	03	324 km E	399	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Fercé	44	283 km N	517	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
Isserteaux	63	301 km E	416	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Les Châteliers	79	133 km N	445	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Georges-Lagricol	43	339 km E	518	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 41 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Châteliers	79	133 km N	445	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 77 %
Fercé	44	283 km N	517	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Ganton	35	290 km N	413	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Isserteaux	63	301 km E	416	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
La Chapelle	03	324 km E	399	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Georges-Lagricol	43	339 km E	518	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 41 %

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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 Rouffignac'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
Molières	24	116 km SE	370	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Monbahus	47	117 km SE	626	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pastour	47	125 km SE	379	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aquilin	24	76 km E	458	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Capdrot	24	130 km SE	458	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Voulon	86	126 km NE	463	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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