Berneuil
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 16.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Berneuil (INSEE 16040) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 325 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 16.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 27 % of the 17,997 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 4.97 |
| Housing mix | 0.72 | 5 | 3.58 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MICHAMELO). [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA MICHAMELO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 321 (2012) → 325 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 326 (1990) → 325 (2023): -0.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 14.2 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Berneuil): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Brossac): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 10.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 10.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Challignac): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the PASSIRAC weather station, 6.6 km away at 114 m; the village itself is at 144 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at SALLES DE BARB, 7.1 km away at 74 m, over 16 summers. [12]
That station sits 70 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 950 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at PASSIRAC, 6.6 km away at 114 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 — 16040/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16040/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16040/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16040/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16040
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16066
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16028
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16074
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaugas | 47 | 112 km SE | 322 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bourg | 46 | 173 km SE | 298 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cartigny-l'Épinay | 14 | 433 km N | 300 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Mayme-de-Péreyrol | 24 | 71 km SE | 286 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pierrefitte | 79 | 165 km N | 318 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Méhers | 41 | 245 km NE | 303 | 21 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mayme-de-Péreyrol | 24 | 71 km SE | 286 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beaugas | 47 | 112 km SE | 322 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pierrefitte | 79 | 165 km N | 318 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Bourg | 46 | 173 km SE | 298 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Méhers | 41 | 245 km NE | 303 | 21 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cartigny-l'Épinay | 14 | 433 km N | 300 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · 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 Berneuil'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaugas | 47 | 112 km SE | 322 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pierrefitte | 79 | 165 km N | 318 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sérigny | 86 | 171 km N | 315 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire | 17 | 72 km N | 315 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Julien-Innocence-Eulalie | 24 | 84 km SE | 311 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Christophe | 86 | 173 km N | 279 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
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