Criteuil-la-Magdeleine

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16116

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

Few services 25.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Criteuil-la-Magdeleine (INSEE 16116) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 405 (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 25.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 18,030 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.3	10	3
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CARAVANE GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE CRITEUIL-LA-MAGDELEINE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CRITEUIL LA MAGDELEINE RPC RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1	CARAVANE GOURMANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE CRITEUIL-LA-MAGDELEINE	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	CRITEUIL LA MAGDELEINE RPC RP	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 [3,4]
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

1968: 606 2023: 405 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 448 (2012) → 405 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 506 (1990) → 405 (2023): -20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 8 % second homes and 16.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km NEBakery — 3.6 km NEPharmacy — 3.7 km NEGP — 7.0 km W 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 (Lignières-Ambleville): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lignières-Ambleville): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Archiac): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lignières-Ambleville): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Criteuil-la-Magdeleine): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 32.4

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the JUILLAC-LE-COQ weather station, 5.7 km away at 84 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at JUILLAC-LE-COQ, 5.7 km away at 84 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at JUILLAC-LE-COQ, 5.7 km away at 84 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 — 16116/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16116/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16116/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16116/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16116
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
Fons	46	196 km SE	403	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Monléon-Magnoac	65	261 km S	405	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	394 km NE	505	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Courrensan	32	191 km S	391	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Neuvy-Bouin	79	128 km N	487	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Guimps	16	8.6 km S	497	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guimps	16	8.6 km S	497	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Neuvy-Bouin	79	128 km N	487	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Courrensan	32	191 km S	391	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Fons	46	196 km SE	403	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Monléon-Magnoac	65	261 km S	405	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	394 km NE	505	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Criteuil-la-Magdeleine'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
Guimps	16	8.6 km S	497	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Villars	24	77 km E	470	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Authon-Ébéon	17	36 km NW	410	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Courpignac	17	32 km SW	421	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Marcel	81	255 km SE	385	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ruch	33	86 km S	539	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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