Coulonges
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Coulonges (INSEE 16108) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 116 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 7.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 11,868 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.62 | 5 | 3.11 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 148 (2012) → 116 (2023): -21.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 135 (1990) → 116 (2023): -14.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 74, of which 18.9 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Amant-de-Boixe): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Xambes): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Amant-de-Boixe): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Amant-de-Boixe): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Xambes): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MONTIGNAC weather station, 6.2 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 90 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MONTIGNAC, 6.2 km away at 63 m, over 20 summers. [10]
An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MONTIGNAC, 6.2 km away at 63 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 — 16108/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16108/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16108/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16108/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16295
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16423
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goussaincourt | 55 | 516 km NE | 117 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lanty-sur-Aube | 52 | 431 km NE | 114 | 7 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Plaimbois-Vennes | 25 | 516 km E | 113 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Neuville-à-Maire | 08 | 548 km NE | 116 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Leychert | 09 | 347 km SE | 114 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Millières | 52 | 479 km NE | 115 | 10 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leychert | 09 | 347 km SE | 114 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lanty-sur-Aube | 52 | 431 km NE | 114 | 7 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Millières | 52 | 479 km NE | 115 | 10 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 % |
| Goussaincourt | 55 | 516 km NE | 117 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plaimbois-Vennes | 25 | 516 km E | 113 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Neuville-à-Maire | 08 | 548 km NE | 116 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · 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 Coulonges'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gicq | 17 | 28 km NW | 121 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martial | 17 | 48 km NW | 109 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Tâche | 16 | 21 km E | 105 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villemorin | 17 | 35 km NW | 130 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavalade | 24 | 140 km SE | 107 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coutarnoux | 89 | 354 km NE | 124 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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