Rivières

Charente · CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord · INSEE 16280

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

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rivières (INSEE 16280) is in Charente (16), part of CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord. Population 2,015 (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 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16280-rivieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 9,580 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.7
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SODIROCHE · MANGEONS FRAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (BESSON DISTRIBUTION · ACTION). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CASSY · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GINETTE ET DANIEL GASCON). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NADINE VINCENT, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN VILTET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN GRAS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIN MEUGNIOT, MÉDECIN · CHARLES PAULY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (PASCAL COSTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, 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)	2	SODIROCHE · MANGEONS FRAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	BESSON DISTRIBUTION · ACTION	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	2	CASSY · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GINETTE ET DANIEL GASCON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	NADINE VINCENT, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN VILTET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN GRAS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIN MEUGNIOT, MÉDECIN · CHARLES PAULY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE RIVIERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	PASCAL COSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,106 2023: 2,015 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,882 (2012) → 2,015 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,587 (1990) → 2,015 (2023): 27 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 881, of which 5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km EGP — 1.9 km EPharmacy — 2.0 km EBakery — 2.2 km SE 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 (La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rivières): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rivières): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rivières): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rivières): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.5

Muggy days a summer 4.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RIVIERES weather station, 1.7 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at RIVIERES, 1.7 km away at 109 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RIVIERES, 1.7 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16280/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16280/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16280/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16280/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16280
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
Plaudren	56	324 km NW	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Artiguelouve	64	279 km S	2,045	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Grane	26	375 km E	2,204	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Priay	01	383 km E	1,842	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu	42	294 km E	1,686	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Pithiviers-le-Vieil	45	303 km NE	1,718	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Artiguelouve	64	279 km S	2,045	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu	42	294 km E	1,686	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Pithiviers-le-Vieil	45	303 km NE	1,718	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Plaudren	56	324 km NW	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Grane	26	375 km E	2,204	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Priay	01	383 km E	1,842	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Rivières'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
Dirac	16	19 km SW	1,516	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Séreilhac	87	56 km E	2,003	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Mozé-sur-Louet	49	192 km N	2,031	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Val-de-Bonnieure	16	12 km NW	1,332	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Teillé	44	228 km NW	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Venoy	89	338 km NE	1,741	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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