Genté

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16151

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

Few services 33.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Genté (INSEE 16151) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 924 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16151-gente

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,825 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.59	10	5.86
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LA CAGOUILLE EN VADROUILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 CAGOUILLE EN VADROUILLE	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	NOUVEL'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 607 2023: 924 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 901 (2012) → 924 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 851 (1990) → 924 (2023): 8.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 455, of which 3.5 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km SWGP — 2.0 km SWFood shop — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Salles-d'Angles): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gimeux): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Salles-d'Angles): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ars): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Genté): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24

Days at or below 0 °C 31.5

Muggy days a summer 6.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ANGEAC weather station, 2.1 km away at 57 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ANGEAC, 2.1 km away at 57 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 719 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ANGEAC, 2.1 km away at 57 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16151/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16151/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16151/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16151/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16359
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16151
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
Faramans	01	423 km E	934	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	179 km N	896	41	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Taponas	69	397 km E	914	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	85	91 km N	917	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Monts-sur-Orne	61	345 km N	874	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire	41	257 km NE	904	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	85	91 km N	917	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	179 km N	896	41	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire	41	257 km NE	904	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Monts-sur-Orne	61	345 km N	874	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Taponas	69	397 km E	914	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Faramans	01	423 km E	934	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Genté'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
Taponas	69	397 km E	914	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Poueyferré	65	280 km S	827	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bonnetan	33	91 km S	1,065	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nantheuil	24	101 km E	989	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Larcher	86	100 km NE	1,034	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Exideuil-sur-Vienne	16	82 km E	1,035	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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