Montboyer

Charente · CC Lavalette Tude Dronne · INSEE 16222

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

Few services 22.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montboyer (INSEE 16222) is in Charente (16), part of CC Lavalette Tude Dronne. Population 341 (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 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 18,029 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.28	10	2.75
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL BIOLOGIQUE PAINPOLINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DES HALLES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FOURNIL BIOLOGIQUE PAINPOLINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LE BISTROT DES HALLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	MONTBOYER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 595 2023: 341 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 395 (2012) → 341 (2023): -13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 440 (1990) → 341 (2023): -22.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 20.6 % second homes and 17.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 6.1 km SEPharmacy — 6.3 km SWPrimary school — 6.4 km SGP — 6.6 km SW 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 (Montboyer): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Romain): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chalais): 6.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chalais): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chalais): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.8

Days at or below 0 °C 42.3

Muggy days a summer 7.4

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BORS weather station, 4.4 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BORS, 4.4 km away at 98 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BORS, 4.4 km away at 98 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 — 16222/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16222/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16222/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16222/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16222
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16347
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16073
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
Saint-Christophe	16	97 km NE	334	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Le Lindois	16	62 km NE	339	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Luchapt	86	109 km NE	244	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Joué-du-Bois	61	363 km N	382	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	122 km SE	348	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	189 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Lindois	16	62 km NE	339	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Christophe	16	97 km NE	334	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Luchapt	86	109 km NE	244	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	122 km SE	348	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	189 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Joué-du-Bois	61	363 km N	382	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %

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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 Montboyer'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
Salles-Lavalette	16	14 km NE	317	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-l'Ars	86	106 km N	362	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Berneuil	16	14 km NW	325	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bellegarde	24	30 km S	507	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Beaugas	47	100 km SE	322	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Allemans	24	19 km E	544	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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