Bourg-Charente

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16056

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 40.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourg-Charente (INSEE 16056) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 887 (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/16056-bourg-charente

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 15,051 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.73	10	7.29
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MAISON DU PASSEUR). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA RIBAUDIERE · SAS LA CUISINE DE CRESSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE BOURG-CHARENTE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BOURG-CHARENTE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOURG CHARENTE RP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE BOURG CHARENTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	1	LA MAISON DU PASSEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LA RIBAUDIERE · SAS LA CUISINE DE CRESSE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE BOURG-CHARENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BOURG-CHARENTE	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	1	BOURG CHARENTE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE BOURG CHARENTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 698 peak 2017: 904 2023: 887 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 800 (2012) → 887 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 722 (1990) → 887 (2023): 22.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 410, of which 5.6 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.0 km NEPharmacy — 3.7 km EGP — 4.6 km E 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 (Jarnac): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourg-Charente): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jarnac): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Jarnac): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bourg-Charente): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.2

Days at or below 0 °C 46.4

Muggy days a summer 4.5

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the JARNAC weather station, 5.7 km away at 16 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at JARNAC, 5.7 km away at 16 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at JARNAC, 5.7 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16056
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
Létra	69	369 km E	901	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Billy	03	289 km E	817	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Mimbaste	40	233 km S	1,001	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Élix-le-Château	31	287 km SE	933	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Essouvert	17	42 km NW	1,021	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Hautefage-la-Tour	47	170 km SE	1,029	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Essouvert	17	42 km NW	1,021	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Hautefage-la-Tour	47	170 km SE	1,029	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Mimbaste	40	233 km S	1,001	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Élix-le-Château	31	287 km SE	933	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Billy	03	289 km E	817	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Létra	69	369 km E	901	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · 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 Bourg-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
Saint-Élix-le-Château	31	287 km SE	933	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Fiac	81	276 km SE	930	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nérigean	33	93 km S	839	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-du-Salembre	24	79 km SE	901	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	435 km E	801	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-le-Molard	42	335 km E	1,033	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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