Saint-Christophe

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16306

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

No daily shops 18.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Christophe (INSEE 16306) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 334 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16306-saint-christophe

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 18,024 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.49	10	4.85
Housing mix	0.6	5	2.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (QUAI DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CHRISTOPHE AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING & GITES EN CAMPAGNE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	1	QUAI DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	SAINT CHRISTOPHE 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	1	CAMPING & GITES EN CAMPAGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 480 2023: 334 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 342 (2012) → 334 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 339 (1990) → 334 (2023): -1.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 279, of which 20.1 % second homes and 21.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 5.3 km WBakery — 5.6 km SGP — 5.7 km SPharmacy — 5.7 km SPrimary school — 6.7 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 (Brigueuil): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lesterps): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brigueuil): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brigueuil): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brigueuil): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.1

Days at or below 0 °C 39.5

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAULGOND_SAPC weather station, 7.4 km away at 228 m; the village itself is at 265 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAULGOND_SAPC, 7.4 km away at 228 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,062 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTROLLET, 3.9 km away at 264 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 — 16306/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16306/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16306/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16306/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16182
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
Le Lindois	16	35 km SW	339	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	102 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	169 km S	348	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Sury-ès-Bois	18	215 km NE	311	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Agonges	03	190 km E	300	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Francoulès	46	170 km S	265	24	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Lindois	16	35 km SW	339	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	102 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	169 km S	348	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Francoulès	46	170 km S	265	24	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Agonges	03	190 km E	300	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sury-ès-Bois	18	215 km NE	311	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · 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 Saint-Christophe'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
Le Petit-Pressigny	37	102 km N	305	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Agonges	03	190 km E	300	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bar	19	105 km SE	311	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chamborand	23	58 km E	241	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chauvigny-du-Perche	41	218 km N	230	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize	36	65 km N	311	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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