Chassenon

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16086

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

Few services 24.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chassenon (INSEE 16086) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 836 (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/16086-chassenon

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 15,369 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.67
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARTIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CHASSENON). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	BOULANGERIE MARTIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CHASSENON	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	CHASSENON 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	1		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: 1,072 2023: 836 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 863 (2012) → 836 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 964 (1990) → 836 (2023): -13.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 537, of which 12.5 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 km NWGP — 4.8 km NW 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 (Chassenon): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chabanais): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chabanais): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chabanais): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chassenon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39.5

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAULGOND_SAPC weather station, 11.8 km away at 228 m; the village itself is at 219 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAULGOND_SAPC, 11.8 km away at 228 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 876 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAULGOND_SAPC, 11.8 km away at 228 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 — 16086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16070
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-Georges-Motel	27	329 km N	880	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Arvillers	80	455 km N	759	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chanat-la-Mouteyre	63	174 km E	950	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Vaast-d'Équiqueville	76	443 km N	748	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Serres-sur-Arget	09	326 km S	819	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Les Essards	17	118 km W	740	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Essards	17	118 km W	740	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Chanat-la-Mouteyre	63	174 km E	950	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Serres-sur-Arget	09	326 km S	819	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Georges-Motel	27	329 km N	880	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Vaast-d'Équiqueville	76	443 km N	748	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Arvillers	80	455 km N	759	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Chassenon'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
Serres-sur-Arget	09	326 km S	819	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin	37	137 km N	688	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Nogent-le-Bernard	72	266 km N	864	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Brosville	27	363 km N	670	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Les Hauts-de-Chée	55	472 km NE	693	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Condé-sur-Marne	51	438 km NE	747	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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