Bellevigne

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16204

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

Few services 20.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellevigne (INSEE 16204) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 1,271 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 4 former communes: Éraville (16129), Nonaville (16247), Touzac (16386), Viville (16417). ^[3]

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/16204-bellevigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 12,856 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.46	10	4.61
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (AUX 4 SAISONS). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (TOUZAC RP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (POUR VOUS PL'HAIR CHEZ VOUS). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	AUX 4 SAISONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	TOUZAC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	POUR VOUS PL'HAIR CHEZ VOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,669 2023: 1,271 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,395 (2012) → 1,271 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,322 (1990) → 1,271 (2023): -3.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 697, of which 6.7 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.1 km SEGP — 5.6 km NEBakery — 5.8 km WPharmacy — 6.3 km W 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 (Lignières-Ambleville): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val des Vignes): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Châteauneuf-sur-Charente): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Lignières-Ambleville): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bellevigne): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.5

Days at or below 0 °C 33

Muggy days a summer 13.8▸

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF weather station, 5.5 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 73 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BOUTEVILLE, 5.8 km away at 67 m, over 11 summers. ^[13]

An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 5.5 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16204
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
Plounévézel	29	404 km NW	1,157	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 7 %
Assais-les-Jumeaux	79	137 km N	763	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 %
Montesquieu	82	178 km SE	748	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 %
Eyraud-Crempse-Maurens	24	83 km SE	1,703	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Val des Vignes	16	5.1 km SE	1,352	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Ordan-Larroque	32	212 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val des Vignes	16	5.1 km SE	1,352	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Eyraud-Crempse-Maurens	24	83 km SE	1,703	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Assais-les-Jumeaux	79	137 km N	763	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 %
Montesquieu	82	178 km SE	748	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 %
Ordan-Larroque	32	212 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Plounévézel	29	404 km NW	1,157	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Bellevigne'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
Marcenais	33	58 km S	863	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Périssac	33	62 km S	1,184	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mimbaste	40	223 km S	1,001	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Misson	40	229 km S	828	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cagnotte	40	231 km S	784	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lagor	64	245 km S	1,121	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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