Lupsault

Charente · CC Coeur de Charente · INSEE 16194

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

No daily shops 11.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lupsault (INSEE 16194) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 109 (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 11.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 11,356 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	5	0
Population trend	0.18	10	1.81
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.88

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 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CH'TITE FABRIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	LA CH'TITE FABRIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	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 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: 228 2023: 109 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 106 (2012) → 109 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 160 (1990) → 109 (2023): -31.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 85, of which 21.2 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 4.6 km WGP — 5.9 km NPharmacy — 5.9 km NPrimary school — 6.0 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 (Lupsault): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chives): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Couture-d'Argenson): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Couture-d'Argenson): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Couture-d'Argenson): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.1

Days at or below 0 °C 48.1

Muggy days a summer 5.6

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VERDILLE weather station, 5.9 km away at 87 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VERDILLE, 5.9 km away at 87 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VERDILLE, 5.9 km away at 87 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16194/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16194/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16194/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16194/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17105
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79106
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
Azat-Châtenet	23	143 km E	108	12.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve	53	231 km N	130	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Montseron	09	343 km S	100	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hérent	63	256 km E	111	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Castelnavet	32	253 km S	108	13.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Réveillon	51	410 km NE	109	10	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Azat-Châtenet	23	143 km E	108	12.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve	53	231 km N	130	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Castelnavet	32	253 km S	108	13.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hérent	63	256 km E	111	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Montseron	09	343 km S	100	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Réveillon	51	410 km NE	109	10	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Lupsault'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
Villiers-Couture	17	7.7 km NW	109	5.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Félix	16	63 km S	102	7.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Curac	16	72 km S	113	9.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Gensac-de-Boulogne	31	304 km S	109	9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Messac	17	69 km S	102	6.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Souline	16	63 km S	112	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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