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Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16085

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

Partly served 52.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure (INSEE 16085) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 3,111 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16085-chasseneuil-sur-bonnieure

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 6,919 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.442510.95
Social0.72014.09
Education0.22102.21
Health0.54105.43
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.61106.15
Housing mix0.9554.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE CHANT DU PAIN · LA NOUGATINE). [3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHE RIT · BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · LE ROI DU BILLOT). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE TILLEUL DU GOURMET · SARL PIZZERIA SOURIRE · CHEZ SANTINO · LE BISTROT · GOOD MEAL). [3,4]

4 × Café / bar (MOODY'S). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CHASSENEUIL-SUR-BONNIEURE). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDOUARD PASCAUD). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS PASTEUR). [3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELIELSI CHES BELL, MÉDECIN · CHAKER DERBALI, MÉDECIN · NIDHAL DHAOUADI, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE CHANGEUR-PENICAUD, MÉDECIN · MOHAMED AYACHI, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BREVIERE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE RENEE DELEIGNE). [3]

1 × Cinema (VOX). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLES AUX SPORTS). [3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHASSENEUIL · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE CREDIT MUTUEL SUD OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD). [3]

6 × Hairdresser (C DANS L'HAIR · M C CREATION · SALON LC SIGNATURE · L'COIFF · E N). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LE CHANT DU PAIN · LA NOUGATINEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)3LA BOUCHE RIT · BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · LE ROI DU BILLOTINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket2LIDL · INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant6LE TILLEUL DU GOURMET · SARL PIZZERIA SOURIRE · CHEZ SANTINO · LE BISTROT · GOOD MEALINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar4MOODY'SINSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CHASSENEUIL-SUR-BONNIEUREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDOUARD PASCAUDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE LOUIS PASTEURINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)8ELIELSI CHES BELL, MÉDECIN · CHAKER DERBALI, MÉDECIN · NIDHAL DHAOUADI, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE CHANGEUR-PENICAUD, MÉDECIN · MOHAMED AYACHI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE BREVIEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE RENEE DELEIGNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1VOXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall1HALLES AUX SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank5CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHASSENEUIL · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE CREDIT MUTUEL SUD OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORDINSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser6C DANS L'HAIR · M C CREATION · SALON LC SIGNATURE · L'COIFF · E NINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Wednesday, Saturday 8h à 13h. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 2,790 2023: 3,111 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,076 (2012) → 3,111 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 2,791 (1990) → 3,111 (2023): 11.5 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,760, of which 2.5 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

GP (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MONTEMBOEUF weather station, 8.3 km away at 247 m; the village itself is at 116 m. [11]

The village sits 131 m below 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MONTEMBOEUF, 8.3 km away at 247 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 131 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHASSENEUIL, 1 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16085/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.chasseneuilsurbonnieure.fr/marches-et-foires/— “Place de l'église : le samedi de 8h à 13h Place Sarreguemines : le mercredi de 8h à 13h”
  6. DATAtourisme 2024-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b673915d-be92-381f-b18e-9da813d49d7e— “Tous les mercredis et samedis matin”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16085/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16085/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16085/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16085
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rouillac1640 km W2,91970.4ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Airvault79120 km N3,30636.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Sainte-Feyre23119 km E2,56657.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Terres-de-Haute-Charente1613 km NE3,77748.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Anor59537 km NE3,09931.1Few servicesno figures
Baraqueville12232 km SE3,17351.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Terres-de-Haute-Charente1613 km NE3,77748.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Rouillac1640 km W2,91970.4ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Feyre23119 km E2,56657.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Airvault79120 km N3,30636.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Baraqueville12232 km SE3,17351.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Anor59537 km NE3,09931.1Few servicesno figures

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Le Gua17109 km W2,12963.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
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Segonzac1657 km SW2,08349.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pugnac33111 km SW2,45358.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux1790 km W2,84357.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
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