Confolens

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16106

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

Served 61.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Confolens (INSEE 16106) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 2,730 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Germain-de-Confolens (16322). ^[3]

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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 61.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 7,733 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	0.47	25	11.74
Social	0.81	20	16.28
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.06
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.12

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 2 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. ^[4,5]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CONFOLENTAISE · L'AMI DU PAIN). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU COIN DE RUE). ^[4,5]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE). ^[4,5]

11 × Restaurant (CAFETERIA DE CONFOLENS · LA VIENNE · CAFE DES SPORTS · AX6'S GRILL). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar. ^[5]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CHANTEFLEURS · ECOLE MATERNELLE CLAIREFONTAINE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE NOEL-NOEL). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HANNA SOUWEILEH RIHAN, MÉDECIN · YVES GUILLEBAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ORTHOPEDIE COURSAGET · PHARMACIE COUBRET). ^[4,5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GERMAIN DE CONFOLENS AP · LA POSTE). ^[4]

2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Cinema (LE CAPITOLE). ^[4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DE LA GARE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[4]

6 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE LOCAL DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE CREDIT MUTUEL SUD OUEST · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (ART ET COIFFURES · COIFF EMOI A DOM). ^[4,5]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL L'EMERAUDE). ^[4,5]

2 × Campsite (LE PETIT MAS DE L'YLE · CAMPING DES RIBIERES). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LA CONFOLENTAISE · L'AMI DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU COIN DE RUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	11	CAFETERIA DE CONFOLENS · LA VIENNE · CAFE DES SPORTS · AX6'S GRILL	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [4,5]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE CHANTEFLEURS · ECOLE MATERNELLE CLAIREFONTAINE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE NOEL-NOEL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	HANNA SOUWEILEH RIHAN, MÉDECIN · YVES GUILLEBAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE ORTHOPEDIE COURSAGET · PHARMACIE COUBRET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	SAINT GERMAIN DE CONFOLENS AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	2	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Cinema	1	LE CAPITOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE DE LA GARE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	6	CREDIT MUTUEL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE LOCAL DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE CREDIT MUTUEL SUD OUEST · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD	INSEE BPE 6 [4]
Hairdresser	4	ART ET COIFFURES · COIFF EMOI A DOM	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL L'EMERAUDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Campsite	2	LE PETIT MAS DE L'YLE · CAMPING DES RIBIERES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday. ^[6]

Trajectory

1968: 2,971 peak 1982: 3,137 2023: 2,730 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,726 (2012) → 2,730 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 3,013 (1990) → 2,730 (2023): -9.4 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,889, of which 8.8 % second homes and 22 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Confolens): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Confolens): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Confolens): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Confolens): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Confolens): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 46.7

Muggy days a summer 5.1

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CONFOLENS weather station, 0.4 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 130 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CONFOLENS, 0.4 km away at 141 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CONFOLENS, 0.4 km away at 141 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[6]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f151215a-fb7a-3bf0-bdc6-1df2652a89cc— “Tous les mercredis et samedis matin”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16106
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
Roissy-en-France	95	360 km N	2,674	61.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes	84	385 km SE	2,656	62.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Clairac	47	186 km S	2,606	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Bourron-Marlotte	77	301 km NE	2,774	54.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-en-Royans	26	377 km E	2,874	64.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Levroux	36	129 km NE	2,797	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Levroux	36	129 km NE	2,797	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Clairac	47	186 km S	2,606	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Bourron-Marlotte	77	301 km NE	2,774	54.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Roissy-en-France	95	360 km N	2,674	61.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Jean-en-Royans	26	377 km E	2,874	64.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes	84	385 km SE	2,656	62.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 85 % · 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 Confolens'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
Arudy	64	335 km S	2,228	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Dangé-Saint-Romain	86	103 km N	2,959	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Azay-le-Rideau	37	140 km N	3,438	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
L'Île-Bouchard	37	124 km N	1,606	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Seltz	67	644 km NE	3,204	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ruffec	16	37 km W	3,449	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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