Douzat

Charente · CC du Rouillacais · INSEE 16121

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

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Douzat (INSEE 16121) is in Charente (16), part of CC du Rouillacais. Population 438 (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/16121-douzat

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,909 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.93
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PETRIMI). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE DOUZAT). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (DOUZAT AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	PETRIMI	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE DOUZAT	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	DOUZAT AP	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: 322 peak 2017: 469 2023: 438 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 449 (2012) → 438 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 367 (1990) → 438 (2023): 19.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 4.4 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km SGP — 4.6 km SPharmacy — 4.6 km SFood shop — 6.6 km SE 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 (Douzat): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Saturnin): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hiersac): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hiersac): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Douzat): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.7

Days at or below 0 °C 34.2

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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

Measured at the ECHALLAT weather station, 3 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ECHALLAT, 3 km away at 116 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ECHALLAT, 3 km away at 116 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 — 16121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16348
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16163
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
Ougney	39	466 km NE	431	32.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 39 %
Heiltz-le-Maurupt	51	499 km NE	429	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Maurois	59	549 km NE	405	27.3	Few services	no figures
Batilly-en-Gâtinais	45	319 km NE	447	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Estrées	02	533 km NE	408	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Parentignat	63	256 km E	480	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Parentignat	63	256 km E	480	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
Batilly-en-Gâtinais	45	319 km NE	447	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Ougney	39	466 km NE	431	32.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 39 %
Heiltz-le-Maurupt	51	499 km NE	429	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Estrées	02	533 km NE	408	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Maurois	59	549 km NE	405	27.3	Few services	no figures

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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 Douzat'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
Sonnac	17	26 km NW	512	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Thors	17	28 km NW	477	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Gouex	86	90 km NE	487	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Treteau	03	282 km E	520	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Rochette	16	26 km NE	523	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maigrin	17	39 km SW	534	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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