Verrières
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Verrières (INSEE 16399) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 310 (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 10.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 7 % of the 17,943 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.26 | 10 | 2.64 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VERRIERES AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Collège.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | VERRIERES 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 | 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
Population 343 (2012) → 310 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 406 (1990) → 310 (2023): -23.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 6.2 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Archiac): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Archiac): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Segonzac): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Juillac-le-Coq): 2 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the JUILLAC-LE-COQ weather station, 1.3 km away at 84 m; the village itself is at 66 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at JUILLAC-LE-COQ, 1.3 km away at 84 m, over 15 summers. [12]
An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at JUILLAC-LE-COQ, 1.3 km away at 84 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 — 16399/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16399/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16399/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16399/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 17016
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16366
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16316
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 16171
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villebourg | 37 | 239 km N | 303 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sendets | 33 | 128 km S | 354 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nouans | 72 | 299 km N | 252 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 % |
| Thionne | 03 | 311 km E | 291 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Paulnay | 36 | 179 km NE | 348 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Billancelles | 28 | 343 km N | 310 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sendets | 33 | 128 km S | 354 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Paulnay | 36 | 179 km NE | 348 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villebourg | 37 | 239 km N | 303 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Nouans | 72 | 299 km N | 252 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 % |
| Thionne | 03 | 311 km E | 291 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Billancelles | 28 | 343 km N | 310 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · 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 Verrières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sendets | 33 | 128 km S | 354 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Paulnay | 36 | 179 km NE | 348 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Adilly | 79 | 125 km N | 310 | 12 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Creyssensac-et-Pissot | 24 | 91 km SE | 273 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villexavier | 17 | 26 km SW | 267 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ferme | 33 | 101 km S | 328 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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