Vouzan

Charente · CA du Grand Angoulême · INSEE 16422

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

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vouzan (INSEE 16422) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Angoulême. Population 818 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 15,508 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.71	10	7.14
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE VOUZAN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 338 2023: 818 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 735 (2012) → 818 (2023): 11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 674 (1990) → 818 (2023): 21.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 375, of which 8.3 % second homes and 1.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km WFood shop — 2.6 km WGP — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Sers): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sers): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chazelles): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chazelles): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vouzan): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.3

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARTHON weather station, 6.7 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARTHON, 6.7 km away at 120 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARTHON, 6.7 km away at 120 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 — 16422/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16422/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16422/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16422/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16368
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16422
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
Ville-sur-Jarnioux	69	332 km E	828	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sablonnières	77	426 km NE	791	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villethierry	89	361 km NE	789	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ovin	50	364 km N	762	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Menthonnex-sous-Clermont	74	434 km E	811	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Amfreville-sur-Iton	27	399 km N	887	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ville-sur-Jarnioux	69	332 km E	828	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villethierry	89	361 km NE	789	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ovin	50	364 km N	762	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Amfreville-sur-Iton	27	399 km N	887	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Sablonnières	77	426 km NE	791	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Menthonnex-sous-Clermont	74	434 km E	811	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · 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 Vouzan'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
Ville-sur-Jarnioux	69	332 km E	828	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Menthonnex-sous-Clermont	74	434 km E	811	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Dizimieu	38	384 km E	835	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-lez-Cléry	45	270 km NE	883	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Paucourt	45	328 km NE	927	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vandeins	01	372 km E	732	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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