Touvre

Charente · CA du Grand Angoulême · INSEE 16385

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

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Touvre (INSEE 16385) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 1,150 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16385-touvre

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 13,506 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.63	10	6.27
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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) (BOULANGERIE DE LA GARE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE COWBOY GOURMAND GATINAUD PERE & FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LANSARY LAHOUSSINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ORIENT EXPRESS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES SOURCES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LAURA.M COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	BOULANGERIE DE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE COWBOY GOURMAND GATINAUD PERE & FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LANSARY LAHOUSSINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ORIENT EXPRESS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES SOURCES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LAURA.M COIFFURE	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: 604 peak 2017: 1,191 2023: 1,150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,187 (2012) → 1,150 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,020 (1990) → 1,150 (2023): 12.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 565, of which 3.5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.8 km WFood shop — 0.9 km WPharmacy — 1.9 km WGP — 2.1 km NE 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 (Touvre): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Touvre): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mornac): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Magnac-sur-Touvre): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Touvre): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.1

Days at or below 0 °C 24.7

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANGOULEME - BRIE - CHAMPNIERS weather station, 8.1 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ANGOULEME - BRIE - CHAMPNIERS, 8.1 km away at 124 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 63 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 847 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANGOULEME - BRIE - CHAMPNIERS, 8.1 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16385/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16385/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16385/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16385/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16385
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16232
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16199
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
Saussay	28	366 km N	1,080	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Montroy	17	113 km NW	963	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Neuve-Chapelle	62	579 km N	1,409	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Martin-Lacaussade	33	91 km SW	1,171	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Port	01	415 km E	832	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Virelade	33	121 km SW	1,124	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-Lacaussade	33	91 km SW	1,171	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Montroy	17	113 km NW	963	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Virelade	33	121 km SW	1,124	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %
Saussay	28	366 km N	1,080	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Port	01	415 km E	832	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Neuve-Chapelle	62	579 km N	1,409	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 59 %

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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 Touvre'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
Rosières	81	235 km SE	716	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geniès-Bellevue	31	240 km SE	2,495	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy	79	100 km NW	1,105	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Loup-Cammas	31	239 km SE	2,334	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent	79	89 km NW	1,062	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cornas	07	367 km E	2,410	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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