Vindelle

Charente · CA du Grand Angoulême · INSEE 16415

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vindelle (INSEE 16415) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 1,045 (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/16415-vindelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 14,081 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.62	10	6.2
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA MAIRIE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE VINDELLE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VINDELLE RP). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE VINDELLE	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	VINDELLE RP	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	1	BAIGNADE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 556 peak 2017: 1,075 2023: 1,045 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,025 (2012) → 1,045 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 933 (1990) → 1,045 (2023): 12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 499, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.6 km NGP — 1.7 km SEBakery — 2.1 km SEFood shop — 2.1 km SPharmacy — 4.8 km N 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 (Balzac): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Balzac): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Balzac): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Boixe): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vindelle): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.5

Days at or below 0 °C 43.1

Muggy days a summer 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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTIGNAC weather station, 6.6 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTIGNAC, 6.6 km away at 63 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTIGNAC, 6.6 km away at 63 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 — 16415/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16415/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16415/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16415/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16393
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16415
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
Ormoy-Villers	60	437 km NE	805	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Manneville-la-Goupil	76	433 km N	1,054	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Boqueho	22	386 km NW	1,054	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Garnay	28	344 km N	1,019	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Pitgam	59	602 km N	1,007	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bouville	76	431 km N	1,039	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Garnay	28	344 km N	1,019	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Boqueho	22	386 km NW	1,054	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Bouville	76	431 km N	1,039	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Manneville-la-Goupil	76	433 km N	1,054	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Ormoy-Villers	60	437 km NE	805	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pitgam	59	602 km N	1,007	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Vindelle'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
Montseveroux	38	379 km E	999	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Blou	49	183 km N	929	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Agris	16	18 km E	891	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Juillac-le-Coq	16	33 km SW	653	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-de-Coppel	63	248 km E	1,281	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Meyrieu-les-Étangs	38	396 km E	1,024	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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