Le Lindois

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16188

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

No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Lindois (INSEE 16188) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 339 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16188-le-lindois

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 18,048 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.9
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DU LINDOIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MAY TERESA). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L’ÉTANG). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 [3,4]
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	1	LA TABLE DU LINDOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE LINDOIS 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	1	MAY TERESA	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	1	CAMPING DE L’ÉTANG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 481 2023: 339 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 341 (2012) → 339 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 311 (1990) → 339 (2023): 9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 22.1 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.4 km NWFood shop — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 km NWBakery — 4.8 km NWGP — 10.3 km S 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 (Montembœuf): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montembœuf): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bussière-Badil): 10.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montembœuf): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montembœuf): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.1

Days at or below 0 °C 27.6

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTEMBOEUF weather station, 6.1 km away at 247 m; the village itself is at 276 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTEMBOEUF, 6.1 km away at 247 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 963 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTEMBOEUF, 6.1 km away at 247 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 — 16188/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16188/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16188/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16188/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24071
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-Christophe	16	35 km NE	334	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	145 km S	348	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	133 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Sury-ès-Bois	18	250 km NE	311	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Bar	19	105 km SE	311	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Salvadour	19	99 km SE	332	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Christophe	16	35 km NE	334	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Salvadour	19	99 km SE	332	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Bar	19	105 km SE	311	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	133 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	145 km S	348	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Sury-ès-Bois	18	250 km NE	311	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 35 % · 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 Le Lindois'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
Bar	19	105 km SE	311	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Roussines	16	3.0 km SE	298	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chamborand	23	89 km NE	241	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Braslou	37	141 km N	319	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Obterre	36	135 km N	224	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Paulnay	36	130 km N	348	10.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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