Saint-Laurent-de-Céris

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16329

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

Partly served 44.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Laurent-de-Céris (INSEE 16329) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 720 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 44.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 83 % of the 16,292 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.72
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BAGUETTE DOREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE SAINT LAURENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELIELSI CHES BELL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BAGUETTE DOREE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE SAINT LAURENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT-LAURENT-DE-CERIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ELIELSI CHES BELL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 LAURENT DE CERIS 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,001 2023: 720 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 786 (2012) → 720 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 741 (1990) → 720 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 477, of which 10.1 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 0.9 km SEFood shop — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.2 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-Laurent-de-Céris): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Claud): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Laurent-de-Céris): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Claud): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Laurent-de-Céris): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC weather station, 4 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC, 4 km away at 162 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 999 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE VIEUX CERIER_SAPC, 4 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16329/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16329/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16329/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16329/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16308
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
Rochefort-sur-Nenon	39	410 km E	700	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Louhossoa	64	326 km SW	886	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 %
La Puye	86	81 km N	608	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Lamagdelaine	46	182 km SE	721	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Rully	60	403 km NE	757	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin	72	251 km N	725	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Puye	86	81 km N	608	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Lamagdelaine	46	182 km SE	721	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin	72	251 km N	725	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Louhossoa	64	326 km SW	886	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 %
Rully	60	403 km NE	757	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rochefort-sur-Nenon	39	410 km E	700	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Laurent-de-Céris'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
Villiers-au-Bouin	37	182 km N	727	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Alban-de-Montbel	73	414 km E	688	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Augignac	24	43 km SE	820	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses	89	271 km NE	700	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Hunspach	67	653 km NE	628	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chémery	41	174 km NE	925	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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