Mons
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mons (INSEE 16221) is in Charente (16), part of CC du Rouillacais. Population 240 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 11.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 15 % of the 17,060 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.67 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.82 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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
Population 255 (2012) → 240 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 225 (1990) → 240 (2023): 6.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 11.8 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Aigre): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Aigre): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Aigre): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Aigre): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Aigre): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the AIGRE weather station, 4.4 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 86 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VERDILLE, 4.5 km away at 87 m, over 12 summers. [9]
An average of 881 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at AIGRE, 4.4 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16221/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16221/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16221/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16221/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16005
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreux | 41 | 221 km NE | 238 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Voissant | 38 | 447 km E | 246 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Mars-Vieux-Maisons | 77 | 407 km NE | 244 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sermesse | 71 | 408 km E | 247 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 % |
| Landifay-et-Bertaignemont | 02 | 516 km NE | 241 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Moisville | 27 | 342 km N | 233 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreux | 41 | 221 km NE | 238 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Moisville | 27 | 342 km N | 233 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 % |
| Saint-Mars-Vieux-Maisons | 77 | 407 km NE | 244 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sermesse | 71 | 408 km E | 247 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 % |
| Voissant | 38 | 447 km E | 246 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 % |
| Landifay-et-Bertaignemont | 02 | 516 km NE | 241 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · 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 Mons'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirepoix | 32 | 242 km S | 227 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vincent-du-Pendit | 46 | 189 km SE | 230 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sana | 31 | 305 km S | 236 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Touille | 31 | 320 km S | 245 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cressé | 17 | 17 km W | 225 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nanclars | 16 | 19 km E | 211 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
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