Fontivillié

Deux-Sèvres · CC Mellois en Poitou · INSEE 79064

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

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontivillié (INSEE 79064) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 754 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Sompt (79314). ^[3]

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/79064-fontivillie

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,012 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	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.6
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.15

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (LE CERIZAT). ^[4,5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CHAIL). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	LE CERIZAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CHAIL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 815 peak 2017: 861 2023: 754 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 850 (2012) → 754 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 711 (1990) → 754 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 8.5 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km NEFood shop — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 km WGP — 5.6 km NW 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 (Lezay): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Melle): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Melle): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Melle): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fontivillié): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.4

Days at or below 0 °C 30.7

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MELLE weather station, 6.6 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 151 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MELLE, 6.6 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 908 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MELLE, 6.6 km away at 136 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 — 79064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79174
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79064
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
Ballon	17	70 km W	828	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Rancé	01	382 km E	775	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Ectot-l'Auber	76	390 km N	729	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Crémarest	62	518 km N	815	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ponlat-Taillebourg	31	348 km S	633	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Grazac	31	344 km S	816	32.4	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ballon	17	70 km W	828	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Grazac	31	344 km S	816	32.4	Few services	no figures
Ponlat-Taillebourg	31	348 km S	633	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Rancé	01	382 km E	775	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Ectot-l'Auber	76	390 km N	729	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Crémarest	62	518 km N	815	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · 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 Fontivillié'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
Chirac	16	65 km SE	781	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Villette	78	330 km NE	524	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Rivière	37	108 km N	699	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mousseaux-sur-Seine	78	341 km N	689	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Béceleuf	79	44 km NW	750	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-Rigault	86	87 km N	565	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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