Salles-Lavalette

Charente · CC Lavalette Tude Dronne · INSEE 16362

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

Few services 24.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salles-Lavalette (INSEE 16362) is in Charente (16), part of CC Lavalette Tude Dronne. Population 317 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,936 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.37	10	3.68
Housing mix	0.48	5	2.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DU MOULIN SA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAVICCHIOLI). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SALLES LAVALETTE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE API'THÈQUE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DU MOULIN SA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CAVICCHIOLI	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	1	SALLES LAVALETTE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE API'THÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 503 2023: 317 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 368 (2012) → 317 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 365 (1990) → 317 (2023): -13.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 267, of which 25.8 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 5.5 km WFood shop — 7.3 km NWPharmacy — 8.0 km SGP — 8.1 km S 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 (Salles-Lavalette): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Boisné-La Tude): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Séverin): 8.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Séverin): 8 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Juignac): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.8

Days at or below 0 °C 42.3

Muggy days a summer 7.4

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BORS weather station, 9.8 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BORS, 9.8 km away at 98 m, over 17 summers. ^[13]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at BORS, 9.8 km away at 98 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16362/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/50ad8c6b-d8fb-3022-b6ad-43863c628afa— “Marché de producteurs hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16362/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16362/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16362/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16362
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16350
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16170
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Pailharès	07	341 km E	310	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel	36	164 km NE	295	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Verfeil	82	186 km SE	402	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Goulles	19	150 km E	323	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Antignac	15	180 km E	284	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Biollet	63	202 km E	309	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Goulles	19	150 km E	323	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel	36	164 km NE	295	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Antignac	15	180 km E	284	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Verfeil	82	186 km SE	402	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Biollet	63	202 km E	309	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Pailharès	07	341 km E	310	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Salles-Lavalette'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
Montboyer	16	14 km SW	341	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Losse	40	144 km S	286	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnefont	65	237 km S	314	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Laparade	47	112 km S	395	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-l'Ars	86	96 km N	362	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Solférino	40	165 km SW	374	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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