Épenède
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Épenède (INSEE 16128) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 206 (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 10.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 14 % of the 16,113 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 | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.51 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.79 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (EPENEDE AP). [3]
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, 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 | 1 | EPENEDE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 220 (2012) → 206 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 242 (1990) → 206 (2023): -14.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 12.1 % second homes and 16.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pressac): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Alloue): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Alloue): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Availles-Limouzine): 11.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Alloue): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CONFOLENS weather station, 11.4 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 169 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CONFOLENS, 11.4 km away at 141 m, over 10 summers. [11]
An average of 977 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LESSAC, 6 km away at 196 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 — 16128/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16128/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16128/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16128/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86200
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16007
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86015
- 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-Quentin-sur-Charente | 16 | 27 km S | 199 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Moncé-en-Saosnois | 72 | 246 km N | 221 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
| Saint-Cernin-de-Labarde | 24 | 144 km S | 221 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Oriolles | 16 | 94 km SW | 242 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rosiers-de-Juillac | 19 | 104 km SE | 177 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Massoulès | 47 | 193 km S | 194 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 78 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente | 16 | 27 km S | 199 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oriolles | 16 | 94 km SW | 242 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rosiers-de-Juillac | 19 | 104 km SE | 177 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Cernin-de-Labarde | 24 | 144 km S | 221 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Massoulès | 47 | 193 km S | 194 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 78 % |
| Moncé-en-Saosnois | 72 | 246 km N | 221 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 % |
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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 Épenède'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-Quentin-sur-Charente | 16 | 27 km S | 199 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oriolles | 16 | 94 km SW | 242 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dampierre-en-Crot | 18 | 220 km NE | 205 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Morlac | 18 | 154 km NE | 269 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Taillant | 17 | 91 km W | 204 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Liernolles | 03 | 250 km E | 193 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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