Vignolles

Charente · CC des 4B Sud Charente · INSEE 16405

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

No daily shops 17.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vignolles (INSEE 16405) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 170 (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 17.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 15,019 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.44	10	4.39
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (CHARENTE AQUITAINE RESTAURATION). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	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	1	CHARENTE AQUITAINE RESTAURATION	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		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: 264 2023: 170 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 192 (2012) → 170 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 181 (1990) → 170 (2023): -6.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 6.7 % second homes and 15.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.4 km WPrimary school — 3.5 km SBakery — 5.9 km SWGP — 5.9 km SWPharmacy — 6.6 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 (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Médard): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 6.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Bonnet): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.7

Days at or below 0 °C 49.6

Muggy days a summer 6.1

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SALLES DE BARB weather station, 6.9 km away at 74 m; the village itself is at 106 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SALLES DE BARB, 6.9 km away at 74 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SALLES DE BARB, 6.9 km away at 74 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 155,000 € — 1,143 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Charente is 1,144 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16405/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16405/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16405/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16405/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16338
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16303
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Baissey	52	478 km NE	167	15	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Gastines	53	282 km N	165	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 92 %
Gonfreville	50	426 km N	164	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 84 %
Mas-d'Auvignon	32	186 km S	167	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Cirice	82	178 km SE	157	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 82 %
Moulon	45	346 km NE	178	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cirice	82	178 km SE	157	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 82 %
Mas-d'Auvignon	32	186 km S	167	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Gastines	53	282 km N	165	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 92 %
Moulon	45	346 km NE	178	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Gonfreville	50	426 km N	164	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 84 %
Baissey	52	478 km NE	167	15	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Vignolles'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
Auribail	31	267 km SE	193	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Brugnac	47	125 km S	180	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christaud	31	276 km S	235	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Tournan	32	241 km S	175	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Hautesvignes	47	122 km S	163	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sariac-Magnoac	65	250 km S	162	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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