Longré

Identity

Longré (INSEE 16190) is in Charente (16), part of CC Val de Charente. Population 193 (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/16190-longre

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 15,747 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT LE CANTON). ^[3,4]

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

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 210 (2012) → 193 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 251 (1990) → 193 (2023): -23.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 21.4 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Fraigne): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Couture-d'Argenson): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Couture-d'Argenson): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Couture-d'Argenson): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TUSSON weather station, 8.3 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TUSSON, 8.3 km away at 88 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TUSSON, 8.3 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

25 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 84,000 € — 932 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Charente is 1,144 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16190/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16190/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16190/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16190/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16317
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16253
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79106
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025