Saint-Maurice-des-Lions

Charente · CC de Charente Limousine · INSEE 16337

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

Few services 27.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maurice-des-Lions (INSEE 16337) is in Charente (16), part of CC de Charente Limousine. Population 892 (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 27.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 15,014 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.77
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-MAURICE-DES-LIONS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMADOU BARRY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (TOUT EN COULEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE SAINT-MAURICE-DES-LIONS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	AMADOU BARRY, 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 MAURICE DES LIONS 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	2	TOUT EN COULEUR	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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	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: 1,118 2023: 892 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 959 (2012) → 892 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,017 (1990) → 892 (2023): -12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 560, of which 13.9 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.8 km NW 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-Maurice-des-Lions): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Confolens): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Maurice-des-Lions): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Confolens): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Maurice-des-Lions): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 46.7

Muggy days a summer 5.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CONFOLENS weather station, 6.4 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CONFOLENS, 6.4 km away at 141 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CONFOLENS, 6.4 km away at 141 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 — 16337/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16337/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16337/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16337/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16337
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16106
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
Coulaures	24	76 km S	768	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Terres de Druance	14	344 km N	906	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Neuvic-Entier	87	76 km E	865	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Lévignac-de-Guyenne	47	154 km S	674	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Lucq-de-Béarn	64	317 km S	925	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 36 %
Beaumarchés	32	269 km S	689	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neuvic-Entier	87	76 km E	865	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Coulaures	24	76 km S	768	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Lévignac-de-Guyenne	47	154 km S	674	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Beaumarchés	32	269 km S	689	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Lucq-de-Béarn	64	317 km S	925	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 36 %
Terres de Druance	14	344 km N	906	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Maurice-des-Lions'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
Bossay-sur-Claise	37	99 km N	733	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hippolyte	37	125 km N	638	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Lye	36	153 km NE	758	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lathus-Saint-Rémy	86	46 km NE	1,214	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Brillac	16	12 km NE	591	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saulgond	16	6.8 km E	530	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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