Les Essards
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
Les Essards (INSEE 16130) is in Charente (16), part of CC Lavalette Tude Dronne. Population 175 (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 15,200 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 | 0.41 | 10 | 4.07 |
| Housing mix | 0.37 | 5 | 1.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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 | 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
Population 196 (2012) → 175 (2023): -10.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 193 (1990) → 175 (2023): -9.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 143, of which 31.5 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint Aulaye-Puymangou): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Romain): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Aubeterre-sur-Dronne): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint Aulaye-Puymangou): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint Aulaye-Puymangou): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST QUENTIN DE C weather station, 3.5 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 125 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at RIOUX MARTIN, 9.2 km away at 81 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST QUENTIN DE C, 3.5 km away at 76 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 — 16130/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16130/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16130/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16130/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24376
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16347
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16020
- 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-Léomer | 86 | 149 km NE | 172 | 6.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-de-Modéon | 21 | 389 km NE | 174 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Metz-le-Comte | 58 | 361 km NE | 177 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Tailly | 08 | 598 km NE | 182 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 91 % |
| Basville | 23 | 191 km E | 167 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 30 % · humidity 79 % |
| Courteilles | 27 | 394 km N | 179 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léomer | 86 | 149 km NE | 172 | 6.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Basville | 23 | 191 km E | 167 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 30 % · humidity 79 % |
| Metz-le-Comte | 58 | 361 km NE | 177 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Germain-de-Modéon | 21 | 389 km NE | 174 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Courteilles | 27 | 394 km N | 179 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 % |
| Tailly | 08 | 598 km NE | 182 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 91 % |
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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 Les Essards'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Végennes | 19 | 131 km E | 171 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Julien-Maumont | 19 | 127 km E | 184 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Olmet-et-Villecun | 34 | 304 km SE | 163 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Cirq-Madelon | 46 | 106 km SE | 153 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Frayssinhes | 46 | 149 km E | 169 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mechmont | 46 | 128 km SE | 134 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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