Celles-sur-Belle
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Celles-sur-Belle (INSEE 79061) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 3,829 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 3 former communes: Montigné (79181), Saint-Médard (79282), Verrines-sous-Celles (79344). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79061-celles-sur-belle
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 35 % of the 5,857 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 | 0.28 | 25 | 6.97 |
| Social | 0.53 | 20 | 10.55 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.58 | 10 | 5.82 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL L'ATELIER DES GOURMANDS · LE FOURNIL DE L'ABBAYE). [4,5]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [4,5]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE A TEURTOUS). [4,5]
1 × Supermarket (UNICELLES). [4,5]
3 × Restaurant (LA PIZZICA PIZZA · L'ATELIER DU BURGER). [4,5]
3 × Café / bar (LE DEPANNEUR · LA MINUTE BLONDE). [5]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MONTIGNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE VEDRINA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BOYOUX). [4]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS ALBERT). [4]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CYRIL MARTIN, MÉDECIN · PATRICE BAUDOUIN, MÉDECIN · LAURENT MOIZEAU, MÉDECIN · BORIS CHAMPAGNE, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L ABBAYE). [4,5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]
2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MÉDARD). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA BOISSIERE). [4]
4 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE PC · CELLES SUR BELLE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). [4]
4 × Hairdresser (EVE B. HAIR BARBER TRUCK · WASSUP B · HAIR LOOK BY KELLY). [4,5]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]
1 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE DE L'ABBAYE). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | SARL L'ATELIER DES GOURMANDS · LE FOURNIL DE L'ABBAYE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | L'EPICERIE A TEURTOUS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 1 | UNICELLES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | LA PIZZICA PIZZA · L'ATELIER DU BURGER | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE DEPANNEUR · LA MINUTE BLONDE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE MONTIGNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE VEDRINA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BOYOUX | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE FRANCOIS ALBERT | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | CYRIL MARTIN, MÉDECIN · PATRICE BAUDOUIN, MÉDECIN · LAURENT MOIZEAU, MÉDECIN · BORIS CHAMPAGNE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE L ABBAYE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 2 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MÉDARD | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA BOISSIERE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE PC · CELLES SUR BELLE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | EVE B. HAIR BARBER TRUCK · WASSUP B · HAIR LOOK BY KELLY | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOSTELLERIE DE L'ABBAYE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,847 (2012) → 3,829 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,538 (1990) → 3,829 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,926, of which 2.5 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Celles-sur-Belle): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Celles-sur-Belle): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Celles-sur-Belle): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Celles-sur-Belle): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Celles-sur-Belle): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CELLES-SUR-BELL weather station, 0.2 km away at 118 m; the village itself is at 109 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MELLE, 5.5 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 901 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CELLES-SUR-BELL, 0.2 km away at 118 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79061/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79061/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79061/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79061/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79061
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rives-en-Seine | 76 | 370 km N | 4,002 | 63.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Condé-sur-Vire | 50 | 317 km N | 4,137 | 39.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont | 82 | 279 km SE | 4,051 | 43.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Allassac | 19 | 172 km SE | 4,081 | 52.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Gacilly | 56 | 222 km NW | 3,995 | 57 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Prigonrieux | 24 | 163 km S | 4,374 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prigonrieux | 24 | 163 km S | 4,374 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 % |
| Allassac | 19 | 172 km SE | 4,081 | 52.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Gacilly | 56 | 222 km NW | 3,995 | 57 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont | 82 | 279 km SE | 4,051 | 43.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Condé-sur-Vire | 50 | 317 km N | 4,137 | 39.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rives-en-Seine | 76 | 370 km N | 4,002 | 63.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Celles-sur-Belle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Chef | 38 | 437 km E | 3,921 | 46.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Airvault | 79 | 63 km N | 3,306 | 36.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Estrablin | 38 | 409 km E | 3,677 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Donzenac | 19 | 177 km SE | 2,733 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pusignan | 69 | 412 km E | 4,119 | 49.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Morestel | 38 | 444 km E | 4,340 | 67.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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