Charmé

Charente · CC Coeur de Charente · INSEE 16083

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

Few services 24.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charmé (INSEE 16083) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 336 (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/16083-charme

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 18,025 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.32	10	3.18
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES HIRONDELLES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHARME AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	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]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES HIRONDELLES	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	CHARME AP	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 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: 452 2023: 336 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 364 (2012) → 336 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 411 (1990) → 336 (2023): -18.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 238, of which 18.1 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.8 km SFood shop — 4.3 km SWGP — 7.1 km NWPharmacy — 7.1 km NWBakery — 7.3 km N 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 (Villefagnan): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tusson): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefagnan): 7.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villefagnan): 7.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Charmé): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26

Days at or below 0 °C 53.4

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TUSSON weather station, 4.2 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TUSSON, 4.2 km away at 88 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TUSSON, 4.2 km away at 88 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 — 16083/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16083/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16083/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16083/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16409
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16390
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16083
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
Bourdic	30	397 km SE	359	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Aubure	68	593 km NE	353	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Étienne-le-Laus	05	500 km E	346	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
La Marolle-en-Sologne	41	221 km NE	379	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Darcey	21	383 km NE	330	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Dame-Marie-les-Bois	37	190 km N	343	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dame-Marie-les-Bois	37	190 km N	343	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
La Marolle-en-Sologne	41	221 km NE	379	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Darcey	21	383 km NE	330	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Bourdic	30	397 km SE	359	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-le-Laus	05	500 km E	346	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Aubure	68	593 km NE	353	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 42 % · 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 Charmé'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
La Marolle-en-Sologne	41	221 km NE	379	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle	18	200 km NE	326	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle	36	184 km NE	355	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mary	16	25 km SE	354	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Nalliers	86	92 km NE	302	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Villognon	16	10 km S	336	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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