Fouqueure

Charente · CC Coeur de Charente · INSEE 16144

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

No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fouqueure (INSEE 16144) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 429 (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 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 17,956 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.51	10	5.07
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CHTITE PALISSE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ML PRO COIFF ACCESS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	LA CHTITE PALISSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	FOUQUEURE 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	1	ML PRO COIFF ACCESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 490 2023: 429 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 403 (2012) → 429 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 426 (1990) → 429 (2023): 0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 16.4 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 2.5 km EPrimary school — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 5.0 km WPharmacy — 5.1 km WBakery — 5.2 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 (Aigre): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aigre): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Luxé): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aigre): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villognon): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.2

Days at or below 0 °C 51.1

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AIGRE weather station, 5.3 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TUSSON, 7.3 km away at 88 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 881 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AIGRE, 5.3 km away at 69 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 — 16144/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16144/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16144/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16144/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16196
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16414
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
Tuzaguet	65	313 km S	440	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Marais-Vernier	27	394 km N	469	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Touillon	21	385 km NE	461	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Dœuil-sur-le-Mignon	17	55 km NW	373	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-Mornay-Villeneuve-sur-Vingeanne	21	449 km NE	381	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Les Cabannes	81	250 km SE	379	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dœuil-sur-le-Mignon	17	55 km NW	373	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Les Cabannes	81	250 km SE	379	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 76 %
Tuzaguet	65	313 km S	440	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Touillon	21	385 km NE	461	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Marais-Vernier	27	394 km N	469	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-Mornay-Villeneuve-sur-Vingeanne	21	449 km NE	381	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · 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 Fouqueure'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-Projet	46	168 km SE	363	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saussignac	24	122 km S	407	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Maltat	71	301 km E	278	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cuzieu	01	434 km E	424	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Preuilly	18	210 km NE	477	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cheilly-lès-Maranges	71	370 km E	515	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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