Les Adjots

Charente · CC Val de Charente · INSEE 16002

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Adjots (INSEE 16002) is in Charente (16), part of CC Val de Charente. Population 538 (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 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 17,562 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	7.01
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	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	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

1968: 488 2023: 538 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 526 (2012) → 538 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 448 (1990) → 538 (2023): 20.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 11.9 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.0 km SGP — 5.0 km SBakery — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Ruffec): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ruffec): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ruffec): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ruffec): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Adjots): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.6

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RUFFEC weather station, 6.3 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at RUFFEC, 6.3 km away at 121 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RUFFEC, 6.3 km away at 121 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 — 16002/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16002/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16002/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16002/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16292
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16002
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
Thiré	85	107 km NW	532	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Natzwiller	67	593 km NE	521	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx	38	448 km E	536	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Bricqueville-la-Blouette	50	353 km N	530	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Delincourt	60	373 km N	537	18.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Estouy	45	284 km NE	508	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thiré	85	107 km NW	532	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Estouy	45	284 km NE	508	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %
Bricqueville-la-Blouette	50	353 km N	530	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Delincourt	60	373 km N	537	18.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx	38	448 km E	536	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Natzwiller	67	593 km NE	521	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Les Adjots'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
Brinay	18	191 km NE	490	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Gisy-les-Nobles	89	336 km NE	545	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pressigny-les-Pins	45	278 km NE	527	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Mouterre-Silly	86	101 km N	602	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Miroir	71	397 km E	577	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Noé	89	335 km NE	559	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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