Aunac-sur-Charente

Charente · CC Coeur de Charente · INSEE 16023

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aunac-sur-Charente (INSEE 16023) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 647 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 3 former communes: Moutonneau (16238), Bayers (16033), Chenommet (16094). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16023-aunac-sur-charente

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,755 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.4	10	4.05
Housing mix	0.55	5	2.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON AGUESSEAU MAURIN). ^[5,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[5,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU BISTROT D'AUNAC). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERANGERE PALLOT-MAGNANT, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MATHIEUX, MÉDECIN · AURELIE PIGNOUX RAGOT, MÉDECIN). ^[5]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D AUNAC). ^[5,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AUNAC AP). ^[5]

2 × Hairdresser (JULIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[5,4]

1 × Campsite (D'UNE RIVE A L'AUTRE). ^[5,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON AGUESSEAU MAURIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Café / bar	1	AU BISTROT D'AUNAC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	BERANGERE PALLOT-MAGNANT, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MATHIEUX, MÉDECIN · AURELIE PIGNOUX RAGOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [5]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D AUNAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Post office / agence postale	1	AUNAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hairdresser	2	JULIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [5,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Campsite	1	D'UNE RIVE A L'AUTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[6]

Trajectory

1968: 764 2023: 647 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 741 (2012) → 647 (2023): -12.7 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 715 (1990) → 647 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 498, of which 22.5 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 6.6 km SBakery — 6.7 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 (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Aunac-sur-Charente): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

GP (Aunac-sur-Charente): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Aunac-sur-Charente): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 49.8

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST FRONT weather station, 5.9 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 72 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST FRONT, 5.9 km away at 99 m, over 20 summers. ^[13]

An average of 789 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST FRONT, 5.9 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16023/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2025-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e57a950e-5c6b-37aa-823a-92bbe4502068— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16023/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16023/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16023/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16206
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16307
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
Montlaur	12	305 km SE	663	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
La Tour-Blanche-Cercles	24	64 km S	549	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Jaulgonne	02	431 km NE	672	59.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Noyelles-sur-Mer	80	487 km N	636	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Ruynes-en-Margeride	15	254 km SE	719	68.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 28 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Julien-sur-Reyssouze	01	379 km E	679	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Tour-Blanche-Cercles	24	64 km S	549	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ruynes-en-Margeride	15	254 km SE	719	68.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 28 % · humidity 71 %
Montlaur	12	305 km SE	663	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Julien-sur-Reyssouze	01	379 km E	679	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Jaulgonne	02	431 km NE	672	59.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Noyelles-sur-Mer	80	487 km N	636	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Aunac-sur-Charente'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
Mailly-le-Château	89	319 km NE	514	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Trimouille	86	87 km NE	859	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vicq-sur-Nahon	36	165 km NE	677	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Andryes	89	305 km NE	450	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Groléjac	24	148 km SE	686	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Cormatin	71	349 km E	569	75.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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