Garat

Charente · CA du Grand Angoulême · INSEE 16146

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

Partly served 45.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Garat (INSEE 16146) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 2,105 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16146-garat

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 9,266 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.92	10	9.18
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE MOULIN DE GARAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE LOWGRET). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE FALCOM · LE FONTENOY · AU GARAGE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE GARAT). ^[3]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINTE CATHERINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (MEGARAMA). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE MOULIN DE GARAT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE LOWGRET	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE FALCOM · LE FONTENOY · AU GARAGE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE GARAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE GARAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINTE CATHERINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	MEGARAMA	INSEE BPE 1 [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]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 684 2023: 2,105 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,937 (2012) → 2,105 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,484 (1990) → 2,105 (2023): 41.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,002, of which 2.6 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.0 km WBakery — 1.1 km SWFood shop — 2.9 km SWGP — 4.9 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 (Garat): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dirac): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soyaux): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Garat): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Garat): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 27.5

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANGOULEME - BRIE - CHAMPNIERS weather station, 11.8 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 101 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ANGOULEME - BRIE - CHAMPNIERS, 11.8 km away at 124 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 936 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TORSAC, 9.2 km away at 151 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 — 16146/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16146/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16146/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16146/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16374
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
Plancher-Bas	70	546 km NE	1,846	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Montaigut-sur-Save	31	228 km S	1,984	49	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Marie	35	288 km NW	2,247	46	Partly served	no figures
Giroussens	81	239 km SE	1,571	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Rouillé	86	90 km N	2,533	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Villaudric	31	220 km SE	1,653	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouillé	86	90 km N	2,533	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Villaudric	31	220 km SE	1,653	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Montaigut-sur-Save	31	228 km S	1,984	49	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Giroussens	81	239 km SE	1,571	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Sainte-Marie	35	288 km NW	2,247	46	Partly served	no figures
Plancher-Bas	70	546 km NE	1,846	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 38 % · 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 Garat'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
Beaumont-en-Véron	37	174 km N	2,717	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vernantes	49	197 km N	2,004	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Charbuy	89	345 km NE	1,868	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Valencisse	41	229 km N	2,324	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-en-Plaine	79	107 km NW	1,806	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Suèvres	41	245 km N	1,564	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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