Saint-Palais-du-Né

Charente · CC des 4B Sud Charente · INSEE 16342

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

No daily shops 19.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Palais-du-Né (INSEE 16342) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 305 (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 19.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,905 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.58	10	5.82
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (PELTIN ORNELA). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	1	PELTIN ORNELA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 294 peak 1982: 311 2023: 305 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 287 (2012) → 305 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 282 (1990) → 305 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 157, of which 7 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.7 km SWPrimary school — 2.8 km SEBakery — 3.0 km SWGP — 3.8 km SWPharmacy — 3.8 km SW 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 (Archiac): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Archiac): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Archiac): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Archiac): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lachaise): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 32.4

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the JUILLAC-LE-COQ weather station, 4.3 km away at 84 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at JUILLAC-LE-COQ, 4.3 km away at 84 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at JUILLAC-LE-COQ, 4.3 km away at 84 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 — 16342/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16342/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16342/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16342/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16176
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
Diefmatten	68	613 km NE	307	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Santilly	28	332 km NE	303	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Marzens	81	268 km SE	311	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Milon-la-Chapelle	78	395 km NE	295	17.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Mimeure	21	407 km NE	320	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Bettlach	68	627 km NE	300	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marzens	81	268 km SE	311	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Santilly	28	332 km NE	303	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Milon-la-Chapelle	78	395 km NE	295	17.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Mimeure	21	407 km NE	320	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Diefmatten	68	613 km NE	307	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Bettlach	68	627 km NE	300	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %

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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-Palais-du-Né'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-Martial-de-Mirambeau	17	31 km SW	302	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Plassac-Rouffiac	16	26 km E	371	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Souméras	17	30 km SW	381	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mérignac	17	25 km S	237	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Thizay	37	183 km N	307	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vaux-Rouillac	16	26 km NE	294	9.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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