Oradour-Fanais

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16249

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

No daily shops 19/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oradour-Fanais (INSEE 16249) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 342 (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 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 18,048 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.51	10	5.06
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O'PTIT FANAIS). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ORADOUR FANAIS AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (SMART CUTZ). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	O'PTIT FANAIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	ORADOUR FANAIS AP	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	SMART CUTZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 475 2023: 342 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 385 (2012) → 342 (2023): -11.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 340 (1990) → 342 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 17.7 % second homes and 19 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 6.2 km NGP — 6.6 km SPharmacy — 6.8 km SPrimary school — 7.1 km SFood shop — 9.8 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 (Luchapt): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Availles-Limouzine): 9.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Brillac): 6.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Brillac): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 46.7

Muggy days a summer 5.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CONFOLENS weather station, 14.2 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 189 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CONFOLENS, 14.2 km away at 141 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 977 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LESSAC, 14.1 km away at 196 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

35 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 55,000 € — 682 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Charente is 1,144 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16249/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16249/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16249/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16249/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16065
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Beyssenac	19	89 km SE	370	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Champagne-et-Fontaine	24	86 km SW	346	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Chéronnac	87	40 km S	314	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Chirac-Bellevue	19	140 km SE	272	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
Nouziers	23	96 km E	245	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Gorges	50	385 km NW	350	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chéronnac	87	40 km S	314	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Champagne-et-Fontaine	24	86 km SW	346	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Beyssenac	19	89 km SE	370	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Nouziers	23	96 km E	245	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Chirac-Bellevue	19	140 km SE	272	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 64 %
Gorges	50	385 km NW	350	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %

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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 Oradour-Fanais'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
Beyssenac	19	89 km SE	370	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Paulnay	36	86 km N	348	10.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Hiesse	16	16 km SW	238	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chassy	18	187 km NE	233	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Esse	16	11 km SW	518	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Abzac	16	6.3 km W	518	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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