Bretignolles

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Bocage Bressuirais · INSEE 79050

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bretignolles (INSEE 79050) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 592 (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/79050-bretignolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,156 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.32
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (B'PIZZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRETIGNOLLES LA BOUQUINERIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	B'PIZZ	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRETIGNOLLES LA BOUQUINERIE	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: 485 peak 2012: 645 2023: 592 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 645 (2012) → 592 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 523 (1990) → 592 (2023): 13.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 293, of which 4.4 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km WFood shop — 3.8 km SWPharmacy — 5.8 km SWGP — 6.7 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 (Le Pin): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cirières): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cerizay): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cerizay): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bretignolles): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 38

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CIRIERE weather station, 3.9 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 220 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 7.4 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 956 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CIRIERE, 3.9 km away at 200 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 — 79050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79050
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
Roullens	11	469 km SE	588	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Bélus	40	366 km S	615	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Bazus	31	386 km SE	603	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Bouillé-Courdault	85	53 km S	595	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Labastide-Monréjeau	64	386 km S	591	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Dienné	86	100 km SE	581	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouillé-Courdault	85	53 km S	595	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Dienné	86	100 km SE	581	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Bélus	40	366 km S	615	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Bazus	31	386 km SE	603	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Labastide-Monréjeau	64	386 km S	591	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Roullens	11	469 km SE	588	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · 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 Bretignolles'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
Bouillé-Courdault	85	53 km S	595	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Petite-Boissière	79	10 km W	616	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bouafles	27	300 km NE	628	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Soye-en-Septaine	18	236 km E	582	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Courchamps	49	50 km NE	533	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Schaffhouse-près-Seltz	67	688 km NE	557	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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