Saint-Preuil
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Preuil (INSEE 16343) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 306 (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 18.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 37 % of the 17,889 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.63 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (HAMAC ET MACARONS). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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) | 1 | HAMAC ET MACARONS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 282 (2012) → 306 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 288 (1990) → 306 (2023): 6.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 165, of which 4.8 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Preuil): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lignières-Ambleville): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Segonzac): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Lignières-Ambleville): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Bouteville): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the BOUTEVILLE weather station, 3.5 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 103 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BOUTEVILLE, 3.5 km away at 67 m, over 11 summers. [12]
An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at BOUTEVILLE, 3.5 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16343/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16343/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16343/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16343/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16343
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16186
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16366
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16057
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cramont | 80 | 533 km N | 304 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 % |
| Quintigny | 39 | 456 km E | 308 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 % |
| Belleuse | 80 | 488 km N | 297 | 19.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Œuilly | 02 | 512 km NE | 293 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 % |
| Chardogne | 55 | 538 km NE | 305 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 % |
| La Chapelle-sur-Furieuse | 39 | 488 km E | 295 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 14 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quintigny | 39 | 456 km E | 308 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 % |
| Belleuse | 80 | 488 km N | 297 | 19.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| La Chapelle-sur-Furieuse | 39 | 488 km E | 295 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 14 % |
| Œuilly | 02 | 512 km NE | 293 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 % |
| Cramont | 80 | 533 km N | 304 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 % |
| Chardogne | 55 | 538 km NE | 305 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 % |
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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-Preuil'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masparraute | 64 | 256 km S | 264 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ozourt | 40 | 222 km S | 204 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Béguios | 64 | 259 km S | 259 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Angoumé | 40 | 225 km S | 261 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Béraut | 32 | 192 km S | 299 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Labastide-Villefranche | 64 | 248 km S | 343 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
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