Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais

Charente · CC Lavalette Tude Dronne · INSEE 16346

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

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais (INSEE 16346) is in Charente (16), part of CC Lavalette Tude Dronne. Population 241 (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 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,034 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	0.49	10	4.92
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.19

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 0 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. ^[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	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	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	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

1968: 259 peak 2012: 274 2023: 241 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 274 (2012) → 241 (2023): -12 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 243 (1990) → 241 (2023): -0.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 160, of which 18.1 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.1 km NWFood shop — 2.4 km NWBakery — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.8 km NWGP — 2.9 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 (Chalais): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chalais): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chalais): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chalais): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chalais): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST QUENTIN DE C weather station, 1.6 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at RIOUX MARTIN, 5.1 km away at 81 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST QUENTIN DE C, 1.6 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16346/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16346/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16346/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16346/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16073
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
Beaumont-Village	37	231 km N	239	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Brèches	37	258 km N	239	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amand-de-Vergt	24	58 km SE	242	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Albignac	19	127 km E	236	15.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Dinsac	87	136 km NE	242	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Lavaudieu	43	265 km E	243	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Amand-de-Vergt	24	58 km SE	242	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Albignac	19	127 km E	236	15.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Dinsac	87	136 km NE	242	15.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Beaumont-Village	37	231 km N	239	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Brèches	37	258 km N	239	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lavaudieu	43	265 km E	243	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · 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-Quentin-de-Chalais'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
Murs-et-Gélignieux	01	438 km E	239	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Conne-de-Labarde	24	65 km SE	249	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Issepts	46	160 km SE	266	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Juif	71	424 km NE	248	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Brugnac	47	95 km S	180	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lavercantière	46	120 km SE	234	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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