Alloue

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16007

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alloue (INSEE 16007) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 491 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,795 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.32	10	3.2
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES HALLES LOUETTES). ^[4,3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE D'ALLOUE). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HANNA SOUWEILEH RIHAN, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (SARL BARRY). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LES HALLES LOUETTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE D'ALLOUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	HANNA SOUWEILEH RIHAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	ALLOUE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	SARL BARRY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 818 2023: 491 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 526 (2012) → 491 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 599 (1990) → 491 (2023): -18 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 24.3 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km SEBakery — 8.8 km SWPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Champagne-Mouton): 8.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Alloue): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Alloue): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Champagne-Mouton): 8.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Alloue): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.1

Days at or below 0 °C 51.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC weather station, 8.7 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 162 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC, 8.7 km away at 162 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 999 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC, 8.7 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16007/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2024-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e853bdb3-869c-3c26-ab05-36c2bcb080dc— “Tous les jeudis”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16007/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16007/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16007/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16007
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
Moutier-Rozeille	23	131 km E	432	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Loubès-Bernac	47	145 km S	407	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %
Lesterps	16	21 km E	439	15	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Beaubery	71	302 km E	366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Châtre-Langlin	36	80 km NE	509	14.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Villedieu-le-Château	41	189 km N	381	24.7	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lesterps	16	21 km E	439	15	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
La Châtre-Langlin	36	80 km NE	509	14.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Moutier-Rozeille	23	131 km E	432	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Loubès-Bernac	47	145 km S	407	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %
Villedieu-le-Château	41	189 km N	381	24.7	Few services	no figures
Beaubery	71	302 km E	366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Alloue'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
Moutier-Rozeille	23	131 km E	432	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hippolyte	37	123 km N	638	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Paulinet	81	285 km SE	498	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Target	03	198 km E	244	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Parnac	36	86 km NE	509	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Anzême	23	107 km E	551	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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