Montbron

Charente · CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord · INSEE 16223

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 64.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montbron (INSEE 16223) is in Charente (16), part of CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord. Population 2,000 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16223-montbron

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 9,636 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	0.73	25	18.22
Social	0.86	20	17.27
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.33	10	3.26
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAIN D'AUTREFOIS · MSD PATISSERIE · BOULANGERIE MARTINET). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAVEURS & GOURMANDISES · L'ETAL DE LA TARDOIRE LA MONTBRONN). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SANFRE · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE MOULIN DE LA TARDOIRE · AUX CAPRICES · L'ATELIER CAUZETTE · LE P'TIT MONTBRONNAIS). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCOIS MARVAUD). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-LISE SEREZ, MÉDECIN · JEAN-REMI CUBAUD, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE LONCEINT, MÉDECIN · PAULINE LAURENCON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VAL DE TARDOIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (TOMALEK). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	PAIN D'AUTREFOIS · MSD PATISSERIE · BOULANGERIE MARTINET	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	SAVEURS & GOURMANDISES · L'ETAL DE LA TARDOIRE LA MONTBRONN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	SANFRE · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	LE MOULIN DE LA TARDOIRE · AUX CAPRICES · L'ATELIER CAUZETTE · LE P'TIT MONTBRONNAIS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE FRANCOIS MARVAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE FRANCOIS MITTERRAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	MARIE-LISE SEREZ, MÉDECIN · JEAN-REMI CUBAUD, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE LONCEINT, MÉDECIN · PAULINE LAURENCON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE VAL DE TARDOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	TOMALEK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday, Saturday, Sunday matin place de la Liberté (vendredi), place Gillibert-Duplantier (samedi), place de la Liberté (dimanche). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,383 peak 1982: 2,604 2023: 2,000 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,177 (2012) → 2,000 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,422 (1990) → 2,000 (2023): -17.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,323, of which 7.5 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.9 km S 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 (Montbron): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montbron): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montbron): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montbron): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montbron): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.2

Days at or below 0 °C 47.2

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ORGEDEUIL weather station, 2.3 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 141 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARTHON, 7.9 km away at 120 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,011 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ORGEDEUIL, 2.3 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16223/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.montbron.fr/cadre-de-vie/nature-et-environnement/les-marches-et-foires/— “Du jeudi au dimanche, vous pouvez retrouver dans Montbron des marchés essentiellement alimentaire. Vendredi matin, place de la Liberté : Volailler, maraîcher bio, fruits et légumes, fromager, poissonnier, apiculteur. Samedi matin, place Gillibert-Duplantier (place des Tilleuls) : volailler, apiculteur, plantes, maraîcher bio, couturière. Dimanche matin, place de la Liberté : poulet rôti, ostréiculteur.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16223/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16223/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16223/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16223
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
Reuilly	36	197 km NE	1,984	50.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-du-Bois	71	384 km E	1,977	54.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 73 %
Le Grand-Lucé	72	245 km N	1,949	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 %
Espéraza	11	333 km SE	1,774	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Luneray	76	464 km N	2,169	62.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Meuse	52	460 km NE	1,801	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Reuilly	36	197 km NE	1,984	50.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Grand-Lucé	72	245 km N	1,949	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 %
Espéraza	11	333 km SE	1,774	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Germain-du-Bois	71	384 km E	1,977	54.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 73 %
Val-de-Meuse	52	460 km NE	1,801	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Luneray	76	464 km N	2,169	62.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Montbron'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
Val-d'Arc	73	452 km E	2,026	62.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Cheylard	07	318 km E	2,803	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Corcy	01	347 km E	3,370	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-de-Galaure	26	351 km E	1,804	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yorre	03	234 km E	2,641	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romans	38	382 km E	1,897	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16223-montbron