Coulgens

Charente · CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord · INSEE 16107

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coulgens (INSEE 16107) is in Charente (16), part of CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord. Population 558 (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/16107-coulgens

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,427 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.34
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DE LA TERRE AUX LEVRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE COOL GENS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALEXIS DESMOULINS). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	DE LA TERRE AUX LEVRES	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	1	LE COOL GENS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALEXIS DESMOULINS	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	LA POSTE	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]
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: 399 2023: 558 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 502 (2012) → 558 (2023): 11.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 389 (1990) → 558 (2023): 43.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 9.8 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.0 km NFood shop — 4.1 km NPharmacy — 4.1 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 (Coulgens): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val-de-Bonnieure): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val-de-Bonnieure): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Val-de-Bonnieure): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Coulgens): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 49.8

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST FRONT weather station, 7.9 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST FRONT, 7.9 km away at 99 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 789 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST FRONT, 7.9 km away at 99 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 — 16107/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16107/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16107/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16107/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16300
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
Courgains	72	276 km N	581	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 %
Villeneuve-sur-Vère	81	244 km SE	528	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bauzile	48	292 km SE	585	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Poillé-sur-Vègre	72	238 km N	582	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Pouilly-sur-Saône	21	394 km E	619	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Raveau	58	263 km NE	594	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poillé-sur-Vègre	72	238 km N	582	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Villeneuve-sur-Vère	81	244 km SE	528	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Raveau	58	263 km NE	594	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Courgains	72	276 km N	581	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Bauzile	48	292 km SE	585	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Pouilly-sur-Saône	21	394 km E	619	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · 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 Coulgens'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
Pouilly-sur-Saône	21	394 km E	619	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Raveau	58	263 km NE	594	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Torteron	18	246 km NE	785	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Béon	89	332 km NE	519	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bassac	16	35 km SW	529	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Sonnac	17	43 km W	512	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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