Bouëx

Charente · CA du Grand Angoulême · INSEE 16055

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

Few services 36.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouëx (INSEE 16055) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 825 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/16055-bouex

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 15,483 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	6.04
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE BOUEX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRERES CHABASSE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE BOUËX). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MAGALI'SS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	LA TABLE DE BOUEX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRERES CHABASSE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE BOUËX	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MAGALI'SS	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

1968: 441 peak 2012: 933 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 933 (2012) → 825 (2023): -11.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 747 (1990) → 825 (2023): 10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 430, of which 5.1 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km SBakery — 2.2 km SPharmacy — 5.1 km NEGP — 5.2 km NE 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 (Sers): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sers): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Chazelles): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bouëx): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.3

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARTHON weather station, 9.6 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARTHON, 9.6 km away at 120 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARTHON, 9.6 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16055/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16055/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16055/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16055/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16368
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16055
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
Lanvaudan	56	373 km NW	808	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Jaulzy	60	468 km NE	851	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Kerfourn	56	361 km NW	852	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	338 km E	784	44	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-Bramefant	63	246 km E	871	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martial-de-Valette	24	28 km SE	803	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martial-de-Valette	24	28 km SE	803	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Priest-Bramefant	63	246 km E	871	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	338 km E	784	44	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Kerfourn	56	361 km NW	852	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Lanvaudan	56	373 km NW	808	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Jaulzy	60	468 km NE	851	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Bouëx'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
Saint-Priest-Bramefant	63	246 km E	871	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martial-de-Valette	24	28 km SE	803	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Venesmes	18	205 km NE	782	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Genis-l'Argentière	69	325 km E	986	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lobsann	67	679 km NE	663	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Guilly	45	286 km NE	659	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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