Luxé

Charente · CC Coeur de Charente · INSEE 16196

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

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luxé (INSEE 16196) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 748 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 16,048 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.52	10	5.2
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LUXE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURORE BENETEAU, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE PLOQUIN, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BENETEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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	L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LUXE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	AURORE BENETEAU, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE PLOQUIN, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BENETEAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LUXE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 777 peak 2007: 787 2023: 748 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 755 (2012) → 748 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 733 (1990) → 748 (2023): 2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 479, of which 13.2 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.0 km SWFood shop — 4.7 km SEBakery — 5.1 km EPharmacy — 5.2 km E 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 (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Luxé): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mansle-les-Fontaines): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Luxé): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26

Days at or below 0 °C 53.4

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 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, 7.6 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at TUSSON, 7.6 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, 7.6 km away at 88 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 — 16196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/62fe5abb-f385-3b32-9cc3-fbf5453ebbef— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16206
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16196
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
Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche	21	390 km NE	701	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Ybars	09	312 km S	651	43.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 62 %
Champagnac-de-Belair	24	72 km SE	767	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Beaurepaire-en-Bresse	71	414 km E	716	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Manciet	32	233 km S	758	44	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 %
Bernay-Saint-Martin	17	61 km W	770	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bernay-Saint-Martin	17	61 km W	770	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Champagnac-de-Belair	24	72 km SE	767	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Manciet	32	233 km S	758	44	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Ybars	09	312 km S	651	43.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 62 %
Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche	21	390 km NE	701	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Beaurepaire-en-Bresse	71	414 km E	716	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · 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 Luxé'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
Bernay-Saint-Martin	17	61 km W	770	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Néré	17	29 km W	669	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Meursanges	21	390 km E	591	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Sommières-du-Clain	86	47 km NE	729	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle-Saint-Cyr	89	334 km NE	840	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bannay	18	269 km NE	845	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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