Sers

Charente · CA du Grand Angoulême · INSEE 16368

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

Partly served 51.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sers (INSEE 16368) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 896 (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 51.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 14,966 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.92	10	9.15
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ERRE JEAN-OLIVIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BOUCHERIE DAMIEN MARTINET). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API DISTRIBUTION SAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SERS). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (VIRGINIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ERRE JEAN-OLIVIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL BOUCHERIE DAMIEN MARTINET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API DISTRIBUTION SAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SERS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	SERS AP	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	2	VIRGINIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 413 2023: 896 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 807 (2012) → 896 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 633 (1990) → 896 (2023): 41.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 432, of which 7.2 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 5.8 km SWGP — 5.9 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 (Sers): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sers): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dignac): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dignac): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sers): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.3

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARTHON weather station, 9.3 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARTHON, 9.3 km away at 120 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARTHON, 9.3 km away at 120 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 — 16368/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16368/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16368/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16368/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16368
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16119
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
Illiers-l'Évêque	27	365 km N	1,014	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %
Sadroc	19	102 km E	1,010	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Bézenet	03	211 km NE	910	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lamnay	72	281 km N	928	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vallières-les-Grandes	41	213 km N	943	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Montils	17	64 km W	867	46.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montils	17	64 km W	867	46.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Sadroc	19	102 km E	1,010	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Bézenet	03	211 km NE	910	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vallières-les-Grandes	41	213 km N	943	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Lamnay	72	281 km N	928	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Illiers-l'Évêque	27	365 km N	1,014	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %

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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 Sers'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
Bézenet	03	211 km NE	910	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	397 km E	801	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ruffey-sur-Seille	39	418 km E	738	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Soleymieu	38	391 km E	895	61.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Senan	89	346 km NE	672	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Val-Fouzon	36	205 km NE	968	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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