Houlette

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16165

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

Few services 27.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Houlette (INSEE 16165) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 398 (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/16165-houlette

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,984 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.57	10	5.67
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

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 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”.

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

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'HOULETTE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HOULETTE RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	VIVAL	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'HOULETTE	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	1	HOULETTE RP	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		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: 302 2023: 398 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 387 (2012) → 398 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 373 (1990) → 398 (2023): 6.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 7.7 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.3 km SBakery — 2.3 km WPharmacy — 4.8 km SEGP — 9.1 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 (Sainte-Sévère): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Houlette): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jarnac): 9.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sigogne): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Houlette): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 31.5

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 27 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 SIGOGNE weather station, 5.5 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SIGOGNE, 5.5 km away at 74 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SIGOGNE, 5.5 km away at 74 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 — 16165/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16165/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16165/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16165/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16349
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16369
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
Saint-Plancard	31	295 km S	398	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Cuchery	51	482 km NE	412	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %
Orglandes	50	418 km N	346	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Parennes	72	262 km N	444	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Trojan	33	80 km S	370	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Lerm-et-Musset	33	159 km S	504	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Trojan	33	80 km S	370	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Lerm-et-Musset	33	159 km S	504	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Parennes	72	262 km N	444	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Plancard	31	295 km S	398	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Orglandes	50	418 km N	346	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Cuchery	51	482 km NE	412	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Houlette'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
Mareuil	16	5.6 km E	398	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Genès-de-Castillon	33	97 km S	361	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Beaumont	89	374 km NE	618	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Cellettes	16	30 km NE	393	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Rochette	16	41 km E	523	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Branne	33	106 km S	381	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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