Val en Vignes

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79063

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val en Vignes (INSEE 79063) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 2,020 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 3 former communes: Bouillé-Saint-Paul (79044), Massais (79168), Saint-Pierre-à-Champ (79288). ^[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/79063-val-en-vignes

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 9,564 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.78	10	7.77
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.51	10	5.09
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MARCHE FRAIS). ^[5,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DES 2 TOURS). ^[5,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ARC EN CIEL). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DUCHASTEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[5]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MAURICE EGUIA, MÉDECIN). ^[5]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES VIGNES). ^[5,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (CERSAY RP · VAL EN VIGNES MASSAIS LPR RP). ^[5]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MASSAIS). ^[5]

3 × Hairdresser (LILY COIFFURE · LUCILE COIFFURE). ^[5,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MARCHE FRAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Restaurant	1	LE RELAIS DES 2 TOURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ARC EN CIEL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DUCHASTEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 3 [5]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MAURICE EGUIA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES VIGNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [5,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Post office / agence postale	2	CERSAY RP · VAL EN VIGNES MASSAIS LPR RP	INSEE BPE 2 [5]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MASSAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hairdresser	3	LILY COIFFURE · LUCILE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [5,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,474 2023: 2,020 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,035 (2012) → 2,020 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,001 (1990) → 2,020 (2023): 0.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,079, of which 8.4 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.4 km SBakery — 7.0 km E 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 (Loretz-d'Argenton): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val en Vignes): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Val en Vignes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Val en Vignes): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Val en Vignes): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.9

Days at or below 0 °C 42.4

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOUILLE-LORETZ weather station, 5 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 85 m. ^[11]

An average of 605 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOUILLE-LORETZ, 5 km away at 55 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 — 79063/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79063/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79063/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79063/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79063
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
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	45	245 km E	1,734	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	394 km SE	1,603	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Teillé	44	84 km NW	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy	18	204 km E	1,581	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Plaudren	56	194 km NW	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 72 %
Sorèze	81	442 km SE	2,965	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Teillé	44	84 km NW	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 95 %
Plaudren	56	194 km NW	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy	18	204 km E	1,581	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	45	245 km E	1,734	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	394 km SE	1,603	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Sorèze	81	442 km SE	2,965	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %

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