Val des Vignes

Charente · CC des 4B Sud Charente · INSEE 16175

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

Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val des Vignes (INSEE 16175) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 1,352 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 3 former communes: Aubeville (16021), Mainfonds (16201), Péreuil (16257). ^[3]

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/16175-val-des-vignes

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 12,351 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.58	10	5.82
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 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 2 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L EPICENTRE). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (L'EFFET BOEUF). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE VAL-DES-VIGNES). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (JURIGNAC AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (EM COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L EPICENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	L'EFFET BOEUF	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE VAL-DES-VIGNES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	JURIGNAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	EM COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,363 peak 2017: 1,428 2023: 1,352 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,352 (2012) → 1,352 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,250 (1990) → 1,352 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 680, of which 6.3 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 6.9 km NGP — 7.2 km NPharmacy — 11.3 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 (Châteauneuf-sur-Charente): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val des Vignes): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Châteauneuf-sur-Charente): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lignières-Ambleville): 11.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Val des Vignes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 38.2

Muggy days a summer 5.5

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF weather station, 5.9 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 134 m. ^[12]

The village sits 79 m above 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST AULAIS, 9 km away at 100 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 5.9 km away at 55 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 — 16175/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16175/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16175/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16175/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16186
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
Bellevigne	16	5.1 km NW	1,271	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Juvigné	53	309 km N	1,327	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Vénès	81	268 km SE	718	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Augan	56	315 km NW	1,569	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Plounévézel	29	409 km NW	1,157	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Plumaugat	22	346 km NW	1,160	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bellevigne	16	5.1 km NW	1,271	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Vénès	81	268 km SE	718	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Juvigné	53	309 km N	1,327	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Augan	56	315 km NW	1,569	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Plumaugat	22	346 km NW	1,160	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Plounévézel	29	409 km NW	1,157	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Val des Vignes'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
Ordan-Larroque	32	209 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chouppes	86	143 km N	802	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Saturnin	16	15 km NE	1,284	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Doussay	86	148 km N	690	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-d'Arce	33	65 km SW	1,580	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Aillas	33	118 km S	786	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16175-val-des-vignes