Lesterps

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16182

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 15/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lesterps (INSEE 16182) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 439 (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 15/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 17,926 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.28	10	2.84
Housing mix	0.6	5	3.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LESTERPS AP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CHEZ MARINETTE	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LESTERPS AP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 754 2023: 439 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 494 (2012) → 439 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 560 (1990) → 439 (2023): -21.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 339, of which 19.8 % second homes and 17.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 5.2 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km NBakery — 5.6 km NGP — 5.7 km N 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 (Brillac): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lesterps): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brillac): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brillac): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brillac): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39.5

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAULGOND_SAPC weather station, 6 km away at 228 m; the village itself is at 232 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAULGOND_SAPC, 6 km away at 228 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 876 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAULGOND_SAPC, 6 km away at 228 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16182/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16182/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16182/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16182/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16182
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
Courgeoût	61	279 km N	458	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Servais	22	411 km NW	435	11.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Vicq	03	179 km E	291	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Front-sur-Lémance	47	160 km S	492	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Mantilly	61	304 km NW	508	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maurin	47	201 km S	377	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Front-sur-Lémance	47	160 km S	492	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Vicq	03	179 km E	291	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maurin	47	201 km S	377	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 81 %
Courgeoût	61	279 km N	458	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Mantilly	61	304 km NW	508	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Servais	22	411 km NW	435	11.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · 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 Lesterps'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
Vicq	03	179 km E	291	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Morogues	18	195 km NE	424	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Paulnay	36	98 km N	348	10.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Manot	16	13 km SW	555	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Béthines	86	62 km N	467	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Vieuvicq	28	253 km N	442	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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