Tusson

Charente · CC Coeur de Charente · INSEE 16390

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

Partly served 40.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tusson (INSEE 16390) is in Charente (16), part of CC Coeur de Charente. Population 240 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/16390-tusson

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 17,060 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.19	10	1.88
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA MAISON DE CHARENTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE JARDIN DE COMPOSTELLE · PIZZERIA LA TUSSONNAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE REVEIL TUSSONNAIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COEUR DE CHARENTE - TUSSON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA MAISON DE CHARENTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES	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	2	LE JARDIN DE COMPOSTELLE · PIZZERIA LA TUSSONNAISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE REVEIL TUSSONNAIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	TUSSON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COEUR DE CHARENTE - TUSSON	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

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 441 2023: 240 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 239 (2012) → 240 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 349 (1990) → 240 (2023): -31.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 10.3 % second homes and 18.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 4.1 km EGP — 6.0 km SEPharmacy — 6.2 km SWBakery — 6.3 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 (Aigre): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tusson): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Luxé): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Aigre): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Charmé): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26

Days at or below 0 °C 53.4

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TUSSON weather station, 1.7 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TUSSON, 1.7 km away at 88 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TUSSON, 1.7 km away at 88 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 — 16390/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16390/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16390/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16390/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16390
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16196
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16083
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
Saint-Félix	17	54 km W	324	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montaiguët-en-Forez	03	290 km E	280	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Brugairolles	11	354 km SE	308	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 %
Calce	66	413 km SE	226	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 43 %
Villiers-sur-Suize	52	451 km NE	255	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Mouthier-Haute-Pierre	25	491 km E	363	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Félix	17	54 km W	324	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montaiguët-en-Forez	03	290 km E	280	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Brugairolles	11	354 km SE	308	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 %
Calce	66	413 km SE	226	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 43 %
Villiers-sur-Suize	52	451 km NE	255	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Mouthier-Haute-Pierre	25	491 km E	363	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Tusson'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
Pollieu	01	440 km E	167	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vaour	81	248 km SE	393	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais	24	133 km S	357	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lestiou	41	231 km NE	291	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Xambes	16	12 km S	257	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire	03	295 km E	506	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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