Charras

Charente · CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord · INSEE 16084

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charras (INSEE 16084) is in Charente (16), part of CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord. Population 346 (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/16084-charras

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 18,035 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	0.42	25	10.54
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	0.55	10	5.55
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE TOURNESOL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE CHARRAS). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COTE LOOK). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	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	1	LE TOURNESOL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE CHARRAS	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	CHARRAS 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	1	COTE LOOK	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: 336 peak 2012: 379 2023: 346 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 379 (2012) → 346 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 346 (2023): 5.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 21.1 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 7.7 km NPharmacy — 8.1 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 (Charras): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charras): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marthon): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Marthon): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Charras): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.9

Days at or below 0 °C 63.8

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARTHON weather station, 7.6 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[10]

The village sits 65 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARTHON, 7.6 km away at 120 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 65 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARTHON, 7.6 km away at 120 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 — 16084/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16084/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16084/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16084/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16211
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
Saint-Pierre-de-Côle	24	35 km SE	432	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Barlieu	18	275 km NE	334	29	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Peyrilles	46	129 km SE	347	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Campsegret	24	69 km S	407	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Mansonville	82	173 km S	310	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 64 %
Échourgnac	24	49 km S	395	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-de-Côle	24	35 km SE	432	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Échourgnac	24	49 km S	395	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Campsegret	24	69 km S	407	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Peyrilles	46	129 km SE	347	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Mansonville	82	173 km S	310	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 64 %
Barlieu	18	275 km NE	334	29	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Charras'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
Champs-Romain	24	28 km E	291	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lurcy-le-Bourg	58	290 km NE	275	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Estèphe	24	20 km E	583	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Capelle-Bleys	12	197 km SE	366	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ladapeyre	23	149 km NE	360	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Soumans	23	169 km NE	611	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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