Brion-près-Thouet

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79056

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brion-près-Thouet (INSEE 79056) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 759 (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 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 15,966 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.86
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRION PRES THOUET LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SINDY COIFF'). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BRION PRES THOUET LPR 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	SINDY COIFF'	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: 448 peak 2012: 769 2023: 759 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 769 (2012) → 759 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 699 (1990) → 759 (2023): 8.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 2.3 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km SGP — 5.7 km SPharmacy — 5.7 km SFood shop — 5.8 km S 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 (Louzy): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Verge): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Verge): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Verge): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brion-près-Thouet): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 33.8

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 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the THOUARS-STNA weather station, 6.7 km away at 81 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[11]

An average of 584 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THOUARS-STNA, 6.7 km away at 81 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 — 79056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79056
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
Laglorieuse	40	354 km S	626	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Monteaux	41	110 km NE	729	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Germain-la-Campagne	27	227 km N	845	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Villeneuve-du-Paréage	09	456 km S	739	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Motteville	76	298 km N	785	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 100 %
Iholdy	64	426 km S	550	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monteaux	41	110 km NE	729	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Germain-la-Campagne	27	227 km N	845	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Motteville	76	298 km N	785	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 100 %
Laglorieuse	40	354 km S	626	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Iholdy	64	426 km S	550	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Villeneuve-du-Paréage	09	456 km S	739	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %

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Elsewhere

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