La Rochette

Charente · CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord · INSEE 16282

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Rochette (INSEE 16282) is in Charente (16), part of CC La Rochefoucauld Porte du Périgord. Population 523 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,664 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.75
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA ROCHETTE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA ROCHETTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA ROCHETTE 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

1968: 401 peak 2012: 547 2023: 523 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 547 (2012) → 523 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 445 (1990) → 523 (2023): 17.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 281, of which 5.7 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NWFood shop — 5.5 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km NGP — 5.7 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 (Coulgens): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val-de-Bonnieure): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val-de-Bonnieure): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Val-de-Bonnieure): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Rochette): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the RIVIERES weather station, 6 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RIVIERES, 6 km away at 109 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RIVIERES, 6 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16282/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16282/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16282/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16282/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16282
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
Crissé	72	265 km N	534	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Voillecomte	52	457 km NE	522	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Charny-sur-Meuse	55	536 km NE	522	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Maigrin	17	63 km SW	534	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt	02	513 km NE	543	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Trondes	54	524 km NE	522	22	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Maigrin	17	63 km SW	534	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Crissé	72	265 km N	534	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Voillecomte	52	457 km NE	522	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt	02	513 km NE	543	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Trondes	54	524 km NE	522	22	Few services	no figures
Charny-sur-Meuse	55	536 km NE	522	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · 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 La Rochette'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
Réparsac	16	43 km W	631	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chânes	71	347 km E	530	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Sonnac	17	46 km W	512	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bridoré	37	149 km NE	491	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mareuil	16	35 km W	398	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Wintzenbach	67	682 km NE	532	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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