Saint-Même-les-Carrières

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16340

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

Few services 33.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Même-les-Carrières (INSEE 16340) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 1,023 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 14,148 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.42	10	4.23
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

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 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BODIN · AUX GOURMANDISES DES SAINT-MEMIENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES CARRIERES). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES CARRIERES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (L'COIFF A DOMICILE · MEL' ET REBELLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BODIN · AUX GOURMANDISES DES SAINT-MEMIENS	INSEE BPE 2 / 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES CARRIERES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAINT-MEME-LES-CARRIERES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES CARRIERES	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	3	L'COIFF A DOMICILE · MEL' ET REBELLE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,213 peak 1975: 1,248 2023: 1,023 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,103 (2012) → 1,023 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,108 (1990) → 1,023 (2023): -7.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 574, of which 6.1 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.1 km NGP — 5.0 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-Même-les-Carrières): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Mainxe-Gondeville): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Jarnac): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Même-les-Carrières): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Même-les-Carrières): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

Muggy days a summer 5.5

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GRAVES-SAINT-AMANT weather station, 3 km away at 22 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GRAVES-SAINT-AMANT, 3 km away at 22 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GRAVES-SAINT-AMANT, 3 km away at 22 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16340/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/bea1aa70-d860-30b2-a02c-4681b095a35d— “Retrouvez entre 6 et 9 producteurs locaux chaque jeudi matin.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16340/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16340/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16340/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16167
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
Marsais	17	65 km NW	981	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Cuts	60	496 km NE	949	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Léré	18	307 km NE	1,110	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Cézy	89	372 km NE	1,070	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Feugarolles	47	163 km S	1,015	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Boucoiran-et-Nozières	30	387 km SE	991	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marsais	17	65 km NW	981	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Feugarolles	47	163 km S	1,015	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Léré	18	307 km NE	1,110	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Cézy	89	372 km NE	1,070	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Boucoiran-et-Nozières	30	387 km SE	991	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cuts	60	496 km NE	949	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · 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-Même-les-Carrières'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
Saint-Lager	69	376 km E	1,056	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Agris	16	40 km E	891	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Lignan-de-Bordeaux	33	97 km S	842	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Couze-et-Saint-Front	24	112 km SE	709	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mouliets-et-Villemartin	33	90 km S	1,041	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Gonaguet	24	75 km SE	1,049	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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