Courcôme

Charente · CC Val de Charente · INSEE 16110

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courcôme (INSEE 16110) is in Charente (16), part of CC Val de Charente. Population 814 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 2 former communes: Tuzie (16391), Villegats (16410). ^[3]

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 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 15,557 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.59	10	5.87
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (TRUCK PIZZA). ^[4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE COURCOME). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COURCOME AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE). ^[4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	TRUCK PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE COURCOME	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	COURCOME AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 797 peak 2012: 818 2023: 814 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 818 (2012) → 814 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 749 (1990) → 814 (2023): 8.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 457, of which 9.8 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km NWPharmacy — 5.0 km NWBakery — 5.1 km NWGP — 5.1 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 (Villefagnan): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Villefagnan): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefagnan): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villefagnan): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Courcôme): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.6

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RUFFEC weather station, 5.2 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RUFFEC, 5.2 km away at 121 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

An average of 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RUFFEC, 5.2 km away at 121 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16110/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16110/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16110/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16110/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16409
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16110
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
Camlez	22	404 km NW	845	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Puyravault	17	75 km W	747	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Clion	17	75 km SW	843	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Landrais	17	77 km W	797	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Roubia	11	371 km SE	520	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 59 % · humidity 36 %
Tramain	22	330 km NW	704	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Puyravault	17	75 km W	747	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Clion	17	75 km SW	843	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Landrais	17	77 km W	797	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Tramain	22	330 km NW	704	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Roubia	11	371 km SE	520	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 59 % · humidity 36 %
Camlez	22	404 km NW	845	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 55 % · 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 Courcôme'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
Champigny-sur-Veude	37	121 km N	809	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cottance	42	323 km E	755	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnay-l'Évêque	28	284 km NE	739	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chamelet	69	338 km E	706	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vallans	79	59 km NW	840	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rivière	37	129 km N	699	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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