L'Isle-d'Espagnac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
L'Isle-d'Espagnac (INSEE 16166) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 5,682 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/16166-l-isle-d-espagnac
Vitality score
Vitality score 51.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % of the 4,154 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 | 0.38 | 25 | 9.52 |
| Social | 0.54 | 20 | 10.86 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.68 | 10 | 6.85 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE LIANA · TARTINES & MACARONS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DAPAVIA SARL). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L EPICERIE CHARENTAISE · CHEZ KIRO). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LES RICHESSES DE L'OCEAN). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (SARL DE L'ETANG · RESTAURANT CHEZ BABETTE · PIZZ'MANO · SARL SELFMADE PIZZA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LE CORMIER). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CORSET-CARPENTIER DES MERIGOTS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MOULIN). [3]
8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELENE FLEURAUD, MÉDECIN · GILLES RAYMOND, MÉDECIN · EMILIE FOURNIER, MÉDECIN · EMILIE GIRAUD, MÉDECIN · NÉHÉMIE DALLET, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES MERIGOTS · PHARMACIE CHARENTON). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (CIFOP · SALLE GEORGES BRASSENS). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REGIONALE CREDIT MUTUEL SUD OUEST · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE MARTINE · HAIR DESIGN · MILI · LIBRE COME L'HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | LES DELICES DE LIANA · TARTINES & MACARONS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | DAPAVIA SARL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | L EPICERIE CHARENTAISE · CHEZ KIRO | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LES RICHESSES DE L'OCEAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 8 | SARL DE L'ETANG · RESTAURANT CHEZ BABETTE · PIZZ'MANO · SARL SELFMADE PIZZA | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LE CORMIER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE CORSET-CARPENTIER DES MERIGOTS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MOULIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 8 | HELENE FLEURAUD, MÉDECIN · GILLES RAYMOND, MÉDECIN · EMILIE FOURNIER, MÉDECIN · EMILIE GIRAUD, MÉDECIN · NÉHÉMIE DALLET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DES MERIGOTS · PHARMACIE CHARENTON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | CIFOP · SALLE GEORGES BRASSENS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU CHARENTES · CAISSE REGIONALE CREDIT MUTUEL SUD OUEST · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | COIFFURE MARTINE · HAIR DESIGN · MILI · LIBRE COME L'HAIR | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 8h30 à 12h30. [5]
Trajectory
Population 5,267 (2012) → 5,682 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 4,795 (1990) → 5,682 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,950, of which 0.9 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (L'Isle-d'Espagnac): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (L'Isle-d'Espagnac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (L'Isle-d'Espagnac): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (L'Isle-d'Espagnac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (L'Isle-d'Espagnac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ANGOULEME - BRIE - CHAMPNIERS weather station, 7.4 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 60 m. [10]
The village sits 64 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ANGOULEME - BRIE - CHAMPNIERS, 7.4 km away at 124 m, over 16 summers. [10]
That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 847 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ANGOULEME - BRIE - CHAMPNIERS, 7.4 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16166/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://lisledespagnac.fr/votre-quotidien/marche/— “Le samedi de 8h30 à 12h30”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16166/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16166/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16166/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16166
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canéjan | 33 | 120 km SW | 5,756 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Genay | 69 | 361 km E | 5,585 | 52.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ternay | 69 | 359 km E | 5,596 | 52.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 % |
| Simiane-Collongue | 13 | 484 km SE | 5,780 | 53 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quincy-Voisins | 77 | 413 km NE | 5,547 | 57.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 59 | 573 km NE | 6,019 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canéjan | 33 | 120 km SW | 5,756 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ternay | 69 | 359 km E | 5,596 | 52.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 % |
| Genay | 69 | 361 km E | 5,585 | 52.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Quincy-Voisins | 77 | 413 km NE | 5,547 | 57.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Simiane-Collongue | 13 | 484 km SE | 5,780 | 53 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 59 | 573 km NE | 6,019 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · 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 L'Isle-d'Espagnac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Garennes sur Loire | 49 | 201 km N | 4,663 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontanil-Cornillon | 38 | 429 km E | 3,404 | 47.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castelmaurou | 31 | 245 km SE | 4,524 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre | 16 | 3.1 km NE | 7,408 | 56.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Péray | 07 | 372 km E | 7,580 | 73.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mûrs-Erigné | 49 | 201 km N | 6,408 | 59.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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