Saint-Bonnet

Charente · CC des 4B Sud Charente · INSEE 16303

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

Few services 27.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Bonnet (INSEE 16303) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 409 (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 27.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,978 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.59	10	5.94
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	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	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: 470 2023: 409 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 362 (2012) → 409 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 374 (1990) → 409 (2023): 9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 3.5 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km NWGP — 3.9 km WBakery — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 4.6 km W 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 (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Médard): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.7

Days at or below 0 °C 49.6

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SALLES DE BARB weather station, 3.5 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SALLES DE BARB, 3.5 km away at 74 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SALLES DE BARB, 3.5 km away at 74 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 — 16303/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16303/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16303/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16303/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16338
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16303
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
Saint-Péver	22	404 km NW	397	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Gibel	31	281 km SE	393	32	Few services	no figures
Espartignac	19	132 km E	407	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Les Châteliers	79	114 km N	445	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Broualan	35	353 km N	415	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Botsorhel	29	432 km NW	425	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Châteliers	79	114 km N	445	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Espartignac	19	132 km E	407	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Gibel	31	281 km SE	393	32	Few services	no figures
Broualan	35	353 km N	415	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Péver	22	404 km NW	397	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 50 % · humidity 64 %
Botsorhel	29	432 km NW	425	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %

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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-Bonnet'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
Latrape	31	272 km SE	444	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Cuhon	86	143 km N	377	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Monségur	47	135 km SE	397	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sabonnères	31	242 km SE	332	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Espiens	47	151 km S	358	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bragayrac	31	241 km SE	311	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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