Gimeux

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16152

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

Few services 25.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gimeux (INSEE 16152) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 742 (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/16152-gimeux

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 16,111 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.49	10	4.88
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API GIMEUX). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1	API GIMEUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE GIMEUX	INSEE BPE 1 [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]
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: 390 peak 1990: 751 2023: 742 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 728 (2012) → 742 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 751 (1990) → 742 (2023): -1.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 341, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km NGP — 1.3 km NWPharmacy — 1.3 km NWBakery — 2.9 km SE 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): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gimeux): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ars): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ars): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gimeux): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.2

Days at or below 0 °C 39.5

Muggy days a summer 7.1

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GIMEUX weather station, 2.9 km away at 22 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GIMEUX, 2.9 km away at 22 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 716 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GIMEUX, 2.9 km away at 22 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 — 16152/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16152/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16152/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16152/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16359
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16018
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
Beynac	87	120 km E	735	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Lesches	77	435 km NE	763	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Villemer	77	383 km NE	759	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Camblain-l'Abbé	62	572 km N	683	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Soumont-Saint-Quentin	14	372 km N	659	22	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Valencogne	38	460 km E	666	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 19 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beynac	87	120 km E	735	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Soumont-Saint-Quentin	14	372 km N	659	22	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Villemer	77	383 km NE	759	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Lesches	77	435 km NE	763	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Valencogne	38	460 km E	666	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 19 % · humidity 57 %
Camblain-l'Abbé	62	572 km N	683	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Gimeux'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
Hure	33	125 km S	569	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Mauressac	31	294 km SE	492	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saugon	33	52 km S	504	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Porte-de-Benauge	33	107 km S	602	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Croignon	33	91 km S	749	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-du-Paréage	09	319 km SE	739	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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