Couture
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Couture (INSEE 16114) is in Charente (16), part of CC Val de Charente. Population 169 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 4 % of the 14,935 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 | 0.45 | 10 | 4.55 |
| Housing mix | 0.27 | 5 | 1.36 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (BROOKE HAIRDRESSING). [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 | 1 | BROOKE HAIRDRESSING | 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
Population 166 (2012) → 169 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 177 (1990) → 169 (2023): -4.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 132, of which 36.4 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Verteuil-sur-Charente): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Aunac-sur-Charente): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Aunac-sur-Charente): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Aunac-sur-Charente): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Verteuil-sur-Charente): 7.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 5.5 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 96 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST FRONT, 5.5 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, 5.5 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 — 16114/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16114/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16114/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16114/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16400
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16023
- 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-Jeanvrin | 18 | 167 km NE | 169 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Piencourt | 27 | 360 km N | 170 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mairé | 86 | 109 km N | 173 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thollet | 86 | 85 km NE | 164 | 4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Végennes | 19 | 155 km SE | 171 | 7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chapelle-Fortin | 28 | 305 km N | 167 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thollet | 86 | 85 km NE | 164 | 4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mairé | 86 | 109 km N | 173 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Végennes | 19 | 155 km SE | 171 | 7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jeanvrin | 18 | 167 km NE | 169 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chapelle-Fortin | 28 | 305 km N | 167 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
| Piencourt | 27 | 360 km N | 170 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · 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 Couture'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jeanvrin | 18 | 167 km NE | 169 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mairé | 86 | 109 km N | 173 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thollet | 86 | 85 km NE | 164 | 4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aubigné | 79 | 36 km NW | 163 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Léomer | 86 | 78 km NE | 172 | 6.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Bonnot | 58 | 274 km NE | 155 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
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