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Saint-Amant-de-Nouère

Charente · CC du Rouillacais · INSEE 16298

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Amant-de-Nouère (INSEE 16298) is in Charente (16), part of CC du Rouillacais. Population 345 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16298-saint-amant-de-nouere

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 18,056 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.43104.27
Housing mix0.8854.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 352 peak 2012: 430 2023: 345 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 430 (2012) → 345 (2023): -19.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 372 (1990) → 345 (2023): -7.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 198, of which 6.1 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.1 km E (Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac)GP — 2.1 km E (Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac)Primary school — 2.2 km E (Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac)Food shop — 6.2 km NW (Rouillac)Pharmacy — 8.5 km S (Hiersac)
Bakery — 2.1 km EGP — 2.1 km EPrimary school — 2.2 km EFood shop — 6.2 km NWPharmacy — 8.5 km S 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 (Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rouillac): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Hiersac): 8.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ECHALLAT weather station, 3.2 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 95 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at ECHALLAT, 3.2 km away at 116 m, over 10 summers. [11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ECHALLAT, 3.2 km away at 116 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16298/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16298/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16298/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16298/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16320
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16286
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16163
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Curdin71322 km E34512.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Villecey-sur-Mad54577 km NE34416.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 %
Prouvais02509 km NE3468.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Niafles53246 km N34412.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Frebécourt88521 km NE34111.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 32 % · humidity 71 %
Baslieux-lès-Fismes51486 km NE33916.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Niafles53246 km N34412.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Curdin71322 km E34512.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Baslieux-lès-Fismes51486 km NE33916.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Prouvais02509 km NE3468.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Frebécourt88521 km NE34111.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 32 % · humidity 71 %
Villecey-sur-Mad54577 km NE34416.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · 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 Saint-Amant-de-Nouère'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cos09332 km SE35016.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Camiac-et-Saint-Denis33108 km S34417.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenet1740 km NW39111.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Cadarsac33101 km S34215.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Pertignas33106 km S3319No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Antezant-la-Chapelle1745 km NW36711No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %