Fontenille
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fontenille (INSEE 16141) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 353 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 7 % of the 18,024 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 | 0.55 | 10 | 5.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
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] | |
| 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 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 342 (2012) → 353 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 335 (1990) → 353 (2023): 5.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 212, of which 13.2 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the TUSSON weather station, 8.7 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 88 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at TUSSON, 8.7 km away at 88 m, over 29 summers. [9]
An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at TUSSON, 8.7 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16141/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16141/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16141/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16141/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16206
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ports-sur-Vienne | 37 | 126 km N | 352 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bertreville-Saint-Ouen | 76 | 437 km N | 347 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pezé-le-Robert | 72 | 254 km N | 343 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Balme | 73 | 431 km E | 360 | 16.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Orges | 52 | 434 km NE | 361 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prayols | 09 | 352 km S | 364 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ports-sur-Vienne | 37 | 126 km N | 352 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pezé-le-Robert | 72 | 254 km N | 343 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prayols | 09 | 352 km S | 364 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Balme | 73 | 431 km E | 360 | 16.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Orges | 52 | 434 km NE | 361 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bertreville-Saint-Ouen | 76 | 437 km N | 347 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Fontenille'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andert-et-Condon | 01 | 425 km E | 348 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pontaubert | 89 | 332 km NE | 355 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villecien | 89 | 334 km NE | 335 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quinsac | 24 | 69 km SE | 381 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Front | 16 | 9.8 km E | 355 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Saône | 21 | 415 km E | 322 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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