Bardenac

Identity

Bardenac (INSEE 16029) is in Charente (16), part of CC Lavalette Tude Dronne. Population 214 (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/16029-bardenac

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 16,393 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 258 (2012) → 214 (2023): -17.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 207 (1990) → 214 (2023): 3.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 7.7 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Brossac): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brossac): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chalais): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chalais): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Yviers): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RIOUX MARTIN weather station, 4.5 km away at 81 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RIOUX MARTIN, 4.5 km away at 81 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RIOUX MARTIN, 4.5 km away at 81 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

13 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 170,000 € — 625 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Charente is 1,144 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16029/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16029/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16029/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16029/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16066
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16073
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16424
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025