Lachaise
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lachaise (INSEE 16176) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 318 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 42 % of the 17,908 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.56 |
| Housing mix | 0.81 | 5 | 4.03 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT L'ABEILLE ECOLE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT L'ABEILLE ECOLE | 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 | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 323 (2012) → 318 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 275 (1990) → 318 (2023): 15.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 175, of which 9.7 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Archiac): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Archiac): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Archiac): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Archiac): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lachaise): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the JUILLAC-LE-COQ weather station, 5.8 km away at 84 m; the village itself is at 35 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at JUILLAC-LE-COQ, 5.8 km away at 84 m, over 15 summers. [10]
An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at JUILLAC-LE-COQ, 5.8 km away at 84 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 160,000 € — 887 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Charente is 1,144 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
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 — 16176/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16176/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16176/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16176/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17016
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16176
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouteville | 16 | 11 km NE | 313 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 % |
| Villegouin | 36 | 202 km NE | 325 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Savignac-sur-Leyze | 47 | 142 km SE | 321 | 20 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Michel | 31 | 283 km S | 306 | 23.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Garrigues | 81 | 256 km SE | 333 | 23.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Faget | 31 | 273 km SE | 297 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouteville | 16 | 11 km NE | 313 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 % |
| Savignac-sur-Leyze | 47 | 142 km SE | 321 | 20 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Villegouin | 36 | 202 km NE | 325 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Garrigues | 81 | 256 km SE | 333 | 23.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Faget | 31 | 273 km SE | 297 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Michel | 31 | 283 km S | 306 | 23.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Lachaise'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villegouin | 36 | 202 km NE | 325 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Neuillac | 17 | 13 km W | 321 | 24.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Grun-Bordas | 24 | 88 km SE | 244 | 23.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Andouque | 81 | 262 km SE | 383 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Luzé | 37 | 174 km N | 276 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sousmoulins | 17 | 26 km S | 229 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
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