Saint-Claud

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16308

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Claud (INSEE 16308) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 1,032 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16308-saint-claud

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 14,114 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.41	10	4.15
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CALLUAUD). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COOP). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (HOTEL LES PLATANES · RESTAURANT LES TILLEULS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT-CLAUD). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LAGARDE VINCENT). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DU TEMPS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE CALLUAUD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	HOTEL LES PLATANES · RESTAURANT LES TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT-CLAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LAGARDE VINCENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	2	L'HAIR DU TEMPS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Friday matin Place Sadi Carnot. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 1,051 peak 1982: 1,128 2023: 1,032 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,102 (2012) → 1,032 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,128 (1990) → 1,032 (2023): -8.5 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 685, of which 10.1 % second homes and 18.1 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 4.8 km N 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-Claud): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Saint-Claud): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Laurent-de-Céris): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Claud): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Claud): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.1

Days at or below 0 °C 51.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC weather station, 8.3 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC, 8.3 km away at 162 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHASSENEUIL, 7 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16308/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saintclaud.fr/commerccedilants-et-artisans.html— “Marché hebdomadaire tous les vendredis matin, Place Sadi Carnot.”
DATAtourisme 2024-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/155e34a3-5f6a-3010-811b-38ead3b05b15— “Tous les vendredis matin”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16308/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16308/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16308/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16308
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16329
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
Illiers-l'Évêque	27	331 km N	1,014	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Sadroc	19	108 km SE	1,010	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac	24	91 km S	971	58.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Lamothe-Capdeville	82	215 km S	1,068	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Seyches	47	150 km S	1,063	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Montpont-en-Bresse	71	369 km E	1,077	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac	24	91 km S	971	58.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Sadroc	19	108 km SE	1,010	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Seyches	47	150 km S	1,063	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Lamothe-Capdeville	82	215 km S	1,068	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Illiers-l'Évêque	27	331 km N	1,014	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Montpont-en-Bresse	71	369 km E	1,077	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Claud'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
Nouzilly	37	185 km N	1,234	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrilhac	87	52 km E	1,365	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Piat	28	307 km N	1,120	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Heudebouville	27	372 km N	821	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-en-Brenil	21	328 km NE	911	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lamnay	72	248 km N	928	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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