Montembœuf

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16225

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

Partly served 57.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montembœuf (INSEE 16225) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 654 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16225-montemboeuf

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,723 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.42	10	4.24
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DANIELE LUCIANO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LE PETIT MAIRAT). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GOMARD). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (BEAUTE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	DANIELE LUCIANO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MONTEMBOEUF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LE PETIT MAIRAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GOMARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MONTEMBOEUF	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	BEAUTE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 756 2023: 654 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 679 (2012) → 654 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 708 (1990) → 654 (2023): -7.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 481, of which 12.7 % second homes and 15.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 9.5 km NW 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 (Montembœuf): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montembœuf): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 9.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montembœuf): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.1

Days at or below 0 °C 27.6

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTEMBOEUF weather station, 1.4 km away at 247 m; the village itself is at 272 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTEMBOEUF, 1.4 km away at 247 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 963 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTEMBOEUF, 1.4 km away at 247 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16225/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/41cf944e-a306-3e71-96b4-764cfd625ee5— “Tous les jeudis matins, petit marché”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16225/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16225/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16225/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16085
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
Mézel	04	487 km E	611	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 3 % · humidity 71 %
Montreuil-l'Argillé	27	352 km N	783	68.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-de-Daye	50	404 km N	656	61	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Aspet	31	308 km S	907	71.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Assier	46	161 km SE	709	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Lafeuillade-en-Vézie	15	185 km SE	583	58.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Assier	46	161 km SE	709	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Lafeuillade-en-Vézie	15	185 km SE	583	58.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Aspet	31	308 km S	907	71.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Montreuil-l'Argillé	27	352 km N	783	68.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-de-Daye	50	404 km N	656	61	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Mézel	04	487 km E	611	66.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 3 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Montembœuf'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
Damvix	85	116 km NW	733	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bujaleuf	87	83 km E	869	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Marsac	23	88 km NE	643	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Châteaudouble	26	368 km E	633	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Foussais-Payré	85	127 km NW	1,168	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Maillezais	85	120 km NW	890	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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