Saint-Mary

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16336

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Mary (INSEE 16336) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 354 (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 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 18,050 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	0.45	10	4.49
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.62

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

1 × Café / bar (BAR DU MOULIN). ^[4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (LES COIFFURES DE SANDRINE). ^[3,4]

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	BAR DU MOULIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE PERRY	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	2	LES COIFFURES DE SANDRINE	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 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: 468 2023: 354 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 362 (2012) → 354 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 373 (1990) → 354 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 217, of which 13.8 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.1 km WGP — 4.5 km EFood shop — 4.7 km EBakery — 4.9 km EPharmacy — 4.9 km E 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 (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Mary): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.5

Muggy days a summer 4.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RIVIERES weather station, 7.6 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at RIVIERES, 7.6 km away at 109 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHASSENEUIL, 5.4 km away at 124 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 — 16336/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16336/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16336/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16336/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16085
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16336
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
Nogent-sur-Loir	72	204 km N	361	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Germain-d'Anxure	53	279 km N	354	29	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Escles	88	508 km NE	382	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Herly	62	537 km N	330	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
La Celle	18	189 km NE	326	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Aurières	63	196 km E	373	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Celle	18	189 km NE	326	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Aurières	63	196 km E	373	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Nogent-sur-Loir	72	204 km N	361	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Germain-d'Anxure	53	279 km N	354	29	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Escles	88	508 km NE	382	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Herly	62	537 km N	330	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · 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-Mary'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
La Celle	18	189 km NE	326	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Jarnosse	42	299 km E	410	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Ourches	26	381 km E	291	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bignay	17	77 km W	359	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Charmé	16	25 km NW	336	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure	16	12 km W	312	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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