Angoulême
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 81.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Angoulême (INSEE 16015) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 41,908 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 81.9/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 76 % of the 539 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 | 0.81 | 25 | 20.33 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 19.97 |
| Education | 0.86 | 10 | 8.65 |
| Health | 0.83 | 10 | 8.35 |
| Public & culture | 0.57 | 5 | 2.85 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.77 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
26 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ETABLISSEMENTS LETUFFE · CHOCOLATERIE LETUFFE · PARFUMS SUCRES VICTOR HUGO). [3,4]
9 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE MUSULMANE CHERIF · VICTOR HUGO TRAITEUR · LA BOUCHERIE DE MIKA). [3,4]
13 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EC · ASYA · LES DROLES D OISEAUX · EPICERIE DE LA GARE). [3,4]
9 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE · SAJON · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
4 × Fishmonger. [3,4]
164 × Restaurant (PAT A PAIN · PETIT ALAIN ET CHRISTIAN · BAR BRASSERIE DE L ESPLANADE). [3,4]
46 × Café / bar (LE 230 · LE MAZAGRAN · LE CAFE CHAUD · LE BAR DES COPAINS · LE NAVARRE). [4]
11 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN LA FONTAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB. ALAIN FOURNIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CONDORCET · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB.COMTESSE DE SEGUR). [3]
16 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DR EMILE ROUX · ECOL PRIMAIRE RONSARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALAIN FOURNIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONCORDET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MOULIN). [3]
8 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES MICHELET · COLLEGE JULES VERNE · COLLEGE MICHELLE PALLET · COLLEGE MARGUERITE DE VALOIS · COLLEGE PIERRE BODET). [3]
25 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL DAILLIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ERIC GUILLARD, MÉDECIN · FRANCIS BAUER, MÉDECIN · DANIEL BURROUGHS, MÉDECIN · XAVIER PEROT, MÉDECIN). [3]
10 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LUNESSE · PHARMACIE VICTOR HUGO · PHARMACIE DES ESSARTS · PHARMACIE DELAGE MONTALETANG · PHARMACIE ALSACE - LORRAINE). [3,4]
9 × Post office / agence postale (ANGOULEME SILLAC RP · ANGOULEME GRAND FONT RP · ANGOULEME MADELEINE LRPU RP · ANGOULEME L HOUMEAU LPR RP · ANGOULEME GRANDE GARENNE LPA AP). [3]
5 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MA CAMPAGNE · SERVICE LECTURE PUBLIQUE MÉDIATHÈQUE MA CAMPAGNE · L'ALPHA · MÉDIATHÈQUE LA MOSAIQUE GRANDE GARENNE · MÉDIATHÈQUE L'ESCALE BASSEAU). [3]
3 × Cinema (MEGA CGR · CITE INTERN DE LA BANDE DESSINEE ET DE L'IMAGE · CGR EPERON ANGOULEME). [3]
16 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE PIERRE BODET · SALLE D EPS JULES MICHELET · GYMNASE ABBE ROUSSELOT · SALLE OMNISPORTS DE LA GRAND FONT · ESPACE ALAIN RENOIR). [3]
26 × Bank (CCF ANGOULEME · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · LA BANQUE POSTALE · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]
66 × Hairdresser (SARL ANGOULEME COIFF · CITY LOOK · SC COIFFURE). [3,4]
5 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
11 × Hotel (HOTEL DU PALAIS · CHEZ PAULETTE · MERCURE HOTEL ANGOULEME HOTEL DE FRANCE · EUROPEEN HOTEL · HOTEL DES PYRENEES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 7 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Fishmonger, 42 × Restaurant, 2 × Nursery school (maternelle), 2 × Primary school (élémentaire), 3 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 15 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 26 | ETABLISSEMENTS LETUFFE · CHOCOLATERIE LETUFFE · PARFUMS SUCRES VICTOR HUGO | INSEE BPE 26 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 9 | BOUCHERIE MUSULMANE CHERIF · VICTOR HUGO TRAITEUR · LA BOUCHERIE DE MIKA | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 13 | EC · ASYA · LES DROLES D OISEAUX · EPICERIE DE LA GARE | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 9 | LIDL · INTERMARCHE · SAJON · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 4 | INSEE SIRENE 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 164 | PAT A PAIN · PETIT ALAIN ET CHRISTIAN · BAR BRASSERIE DE L ESPLANADE | INSEE BPE 164 / INSEE SIRENE 261 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 46 | LE 230 · LE MAZAGRAN · LE CAFE CHAUD · LE BAR DES COPAINS · LE NAVARRE | INSEE SIRENE 46 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 11 | ECOL MATE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN LA FONTAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB. ALAIN FOURNIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CONDORCET · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB.COMTESSE DE SEGUR | INSEE BPE 11 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 16 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DR EMILE ROUX · ECOL PRIMAIRE RONSARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALAIN FOURNIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONCORDET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MOULIN | INSEE BPE 16 [3] |
| Collège | 8 | COLLEGE JULES MICHELET · COLLEGE JULES VERNE · COLLEGE MICHELLE PALLET · COLLEGE MARGUERITE DE VALOIS · COLLEGE PIERRE BODET | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 25 | PASCAL DAILLIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ERIC GUILLARD, MÉDECIN · FRANCIS BAUER, MÉDECIN · DANIEL BURROUGHS, MÉDECIN · XAVIER PEROT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 25 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 10 | PHARMACIE DE LUNESSE · PHARMACIE VICTOR HUGO · PHARMACIE DES ESSARTS · PHARMACIE DELAGE MONTALETANG · PHARMACIE ALSACE - LORRAINE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 9 | ANGOULEME SILLAC RP · ANGOULEME GRAND FONT RP · ANGOULEME MADELEINE LRPU RP · ANGOULEME L HOUMEAU LPR RP · ANGOULEME GRANDE GARENNE LPA AP | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Library | 5 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MA CAMPAGNE · SERVICE LECTURE PUBLIQUE MÉDIATHÈQUE MA CAMPAGNE · L'ALPHA · MÉDIATHÈQUE LA MOSAIQUE GRANDE GARENNE · MÉDIATHÈQUE L'ESCALE BASSEAU | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Cinema | 3 | MEGA CGR · CITE INTERN DE LA BANDE DESSINEE ET DE L'IMAGE · CGR EPERON ANGOULEME | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 16 | GYMNASE PIERRE BODET · SALLE D EPS JULES MICHELET · GYMNASE ABBE ROUSSELOT · SALLE OMNISPORTS DE LA GRAND FONT · ESPACE ALAIN RENOIR | INSEE BPE 16 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 26 | CCF ANGOULEME · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · LA BANQUE POSTALE · SOCIETE GENERALE | INSEE BPE 26 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 66 | SARL ANGOULEME COIFF · CITY LOOK · SC COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 66 / INSEE SIRENE 98 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 5 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 11 | HOTEL DU PALAIS · CHEZ PAULETTE · MERCURE HOTEL ANGOULEME HOTEL DE FRANCE · EUROPEEN HOTEL · HOTEL DES PYRENEES | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Sunday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 42,014 (2012) → 41,908 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 42,876 (1990) → 41,908 (2023): -2.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 26,947, of which 3.1 % second homes and 9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Angoulême): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Angoulême): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Angoulême): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Angoulême): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Angoulême): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA COURONNE weather station, 4.9 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 98 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LA COURONNE, 4.9 km away at 58 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LA COURONNE, 4.9 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16015/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/d7388cb8-c5ab-3f1d-9bc9-d07212f2adac— “Les commerçants des Halles vous accueillent du mardi au dimanche matin.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16015/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16015/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16015/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16015
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castres | 81 | 281 km SE | 42,505 | 83.2 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 % |
| Châteauroux | 36 | 175 km NE | 42,963 | 78.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Draguignan | 83 | 552 km SE | 40,826 | 84.2 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gap | 05 | 480 km E | 41,293 | 82.6 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 51 | 486 km NE | 42,971 | 81 | Well served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thionville | 57 | 611 km NE | 42,658 | 82.8 | Well served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 68 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauroux | 36 | 175 km NE | 42,963 | 78.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Castres | 81 | 281 km SE | 42,505 | 83.2 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 % |
| Gap | 05 | 480 km E | 41,293 | 82.6 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 51 | 486 km NE | 42,971 | 81 | Well served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Draguignan | 83 | 552 km SE | 40,826 | 84.2 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thionville | 57 | 611 km NE | 42,658 | 82.8 | Well served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 68 % |
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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 Angoulême'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 71 | 383 km E | 45,102 | 82.9 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mâcon | 71 | 369 km E | 35,177 | 80.6 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 38 | 398 km E | 30,151 | 84.5 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Libourne | 33 | 88 km S | 25,036 | 78.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villefontaine | 38 | 389 km E | 19,445 | 55.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Égrève | 38 | 434 km E | 17,986 | 57.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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