Mainxe-Gondeville
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mainxe-Gondeville (INSEE 16153) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 1,195 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Mainxe (16202). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 44.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 13,242 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.7 | 20 | 14.09 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.26 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.48 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'INSTANT GOURMAND). [4,5]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4,5]
3 × Restaurant (LE COIN CHARENTAIS · CHAMBABOIS). [4,5]
2 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE LA PRAIRIE). [5]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MAINXE-GONDEVILLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MAINXE-GONDEVILLE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | L'INSTANT GOURMAND | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | LE COIN CHARENTAIS · CHAMBABOIS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 2 | AUBERGE DE LA PRAIRIE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MAINXE-GONDEVILLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MAINXE-GONDEVILLE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [6]
Trajectory
Population 1,237 (2012) → 1,195 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 1,061 (1990) → 1,195 (2023): 12.6 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 619, of which 5.2 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Jarnac): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Mainxe-Gondeville): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [11]
GP (Jarnac): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Jarnac): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Mainxe-Gondeville): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the JARNAC weather station, 1.9 km away at 16 m; the village itself is at 14 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at JARNAC, 1.9 km away at 16 m, over 11 summers. [12]
An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at JARNAC, 1.9 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
75 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 158,000 € — 1,084 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Charente is 1,144 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16153/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/6ca304c8-d8fb-3a66-8dd7-1fd75ce68818— “Marché à la ferme du Tambourinour”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16153/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16153/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16153/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16167
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16153
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Arnoult | 76 | 433 km N | 1,446 | 38.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lagorce | 33 | 66 km S | 1,575 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 % |
| Saint-Victor-de-Morestel | 38 | 439 km E | 1,168 | 34.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Menthonnex-en-Bornes | 74 | 491 km E | 1,115 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cheniménil | 88 | 581 km NE | 1,210 | 33 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 % |
| Anneville-Ambourville | 76 | 429 km N | 1,153 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagorce | 33 | 66 km S | 1,575 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 % |
| Anneville-Ambourville | 76 | 429 km N | 1,153 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Arnoult | 76 | 433 km N | 1,446 | 38.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Victor-de-Morestel | 38 | 439 km E | 1,168 | 34.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Menthonnex-en-Bornes | 74 | 491 km E | 1,115 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cheniménil | 88 | 581 km NE | 1,210 | 33 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Mainxe-Gondeville'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafitte-Vigordane | 31 | 283 km S | 1,142 | 39.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Savigny-en-Revermont | 71 | 442 km E | 1,152 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse | 42 | 326 km E | 1,065 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Saturnin | 16 | 15 km E | 1,284 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes | 24 | 106 km SE | 1,038 | 41.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Genac-Bignac | 16 | 19 km NE | 974 | 41.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
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