Ambernac

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16009

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

No daily shops 17.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambernac (INSEE 16009) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 381 (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/16009-ambernac

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 18,018 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.39	10	3.86
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.31

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 1 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 D'AMBERNAC). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'AMBERNAC	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	1	AMBERNAC 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 571 2023: 381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 400 (2012) → 381 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 430 (1990) → 381 (2023): -11.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 267, of which 16.9 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.3 km NFood shop — 5.5 km NBakery — 6.2 km SWPharmacy — 8.2 km E 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 (Saint-Laurent-de-Céris): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Alloue): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alloue): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ansac-sur-Vienne): 8.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ambernac): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC weather station, 7.8 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC, 7.8 km away at 162 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 999 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC, 7.8 km away at 162 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 — 16009/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16009/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16009/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16009/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16009
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
Estivaux	19	104 km SE	403	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Le Châtenet-en-Dognon	87	75 km E	407	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Jouillat	23	112 km E	387	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Morogues	18	210 km NE	424	18.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé	72	184 km N	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marsolan	32	227 km S	438	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Châtenet-en-Dognon	87	75 km E	407	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Estivaux	19	104 km SE	403	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Jouillat	23	112 km E	387	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé	72	184 km N	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Morogues	18	210 km NE	424	18.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Marsolan	32	227 km S	438	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Ambernac'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
Jouillat	23	112 km E	387	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé	72	184 km N	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vérain	58	254 km NE	349	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Orches	86	102 km N	353	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil	24	75 km SE	377	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ligny-en-Brionnais	71	283 km E	375	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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