Palluaud
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Palluaud (INSEE 16254) is in Charente (16), part of CC Lavalette Tude Dronne. Population 215 (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 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 16,431 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.26 | 10 | 2.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.58 | 5 | 2.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (CH'TITE FRITERIE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT DE PALLUAUD). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PALLUAUD AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 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 | 1 | CH'TITE FRITERIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE BISTROT DE PALLUAUD | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | PALLUAUD 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
Population 241 (2012) → 215 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 283 (1990) → 215 (2023): -24 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 20.9 % second homes and 17.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Séverin): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Séverin): 4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Séverin): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Séverin): 4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Séverin): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [9]
Measured at the BORS weather station, 10.2 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 79 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BORS, 10.2 km away at 98 m, over 17 summers. [9]
An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BORS, 10.2 km away at 98 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 — 16254/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16254/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16254/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16254/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16350
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauvigny-du-Perche | 41 | 297 km N | 230 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Cellette | 23 | 180 km NE | 266 | 22.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 15 | 169 km E | 230 | 24.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 % |
| Liesville-sur-Douve | 50 | 461 km N | 218 | 30 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 % |
| Chassy | 18 | 274 km NE | 233 | 20.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Fresne-Poret | 50 | 383 km N | 226 | 16.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Eulalie | 15 | 169 km E | 230 | 24.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Cellette | 23 | 180 km NE | 266 | 22.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 % |
| Chassy | 18 | 274 km NE | 233 | 20.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chauvigny-du-Perche | 41 | 297 km N | 230 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 % |
| Le Fresne-Poret | 50 | 383 km N | 226 | 16.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Liesville-sur-Douve | 50 | 461 km N | 218 | 30 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Palluaud'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Géraud-de-Corps | 24 | 44 km S | 202 | 23.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pommiers-Moulons | 17 | 47 km W | 212 | 27.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cadarcet | 09 | 278 km S | 211 | 34.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aulon | 31 | 244 km S | 313 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Serres-et-Montguyard | 24 | 77 km S | 231 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Escalans | 40 | 150 km S | 215 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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