Val-de-Bonnieure

Charente · CC Coeur de Charente · INSEE 16300

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

Few services 36.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val-de-Bonnieure (INSEE 16300) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 1,332 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2018-01-01 from 2 former communes: Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure (16296), Sainte-Colombe (16309). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16300-val-de-bonnieure

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 12,460 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.77	10	7.69
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUX GOURMANDISES · EPICERIE ALIMENTAION VAL-DE-BONNIEURE). ^[5,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[5,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE VAL-DE-BONNIEURE). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE VAL-DE-BONNIEURE). ^[5]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (TIMOTHE AVENEL, MÉDECIN · LUCILE GENDRE-HENRY, MÉDECIN). ^[5]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VAL DE BONNIEURE). ^[5,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[5]

2 × Hairdresser (NATHALIE COIFFURE · L HAIR). ^[5,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	AUX GOURMANDISES · EPICERIE ALIMENTAION VAL-DE-BONNIEURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [5,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE VAL-DE-BONNIEURE	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE VAL-DE-BONNIEURE	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	TIMOTHE AVENEL, MÉDECIN · LUCILE GENDRE-HENRY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [5]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE VAL DE BONNIEURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hairdresser	2	NATHALIE COIFFURE · L HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [5,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 7h à 12h30 place Joubert. ^[6]

Trajectory

1968: 1,252 2023: 1,332 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,287 (2012) → 1,332 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,050 (1990) → 1,332 (2023): 26.9 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 725, of which 6.9 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 4.0 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 (Coulgens): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Val-de-Bonnieure): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

GP (Val-de-Bonnieure): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Val-de-Bonnieure): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Val-de-Bonnieure): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 49.8

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST FRONT weather station, 3.7 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST FRONT, 3.7 km away at 99 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 789 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST FRONT, 3.7 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[6]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16300/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.valdebonnieure.fr/marche-hebdomadaire— “Tous les vendredis, les commerçants du marché de Saint-Angeau s'installent dans la partie de la place Joubert la plus proche des épiceries et de la pharmacie.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16300/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16300/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16300/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16300
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
Cahagnes	14	366 km N	1,405	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Chazelles	16	23 km S	1,543	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Thivars	28	295 km N	1,119	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Cartelègue	33	100 km SW	1,334	44.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche	17	63 km W	1,350	41.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois	23	125 km E	1,892	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chazelles	16	23 km S	1,543	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche	17	63 km W	1,350	41.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Cartelègue	33	100 km SW	1,334	44.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois	23	125 km E	1,892	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Thivars	28	295 km N	1,119	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Cahagnes	14	366 km N	1,405	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · 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 Val-de-Bonnieure'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
Chazelles	16	23 km S	1,543	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Labarthe-Rivière	31	309 km S	1,298	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Bourg-Charente	16	44 km SW	887	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bazoges-en-Pareds	85	129 km NW	1,184	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Essouvert	17	64 km W	1,021	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Prat-Bonrepaux	09	319 km S	888	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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