Plaine-d'Argenson

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79078

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

Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plaine-d'Argenson (INSEE 79078) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 1,006 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2018-01-01 from 3 former communes: Belleville (79033), Boisserolles (79039), Saint-Étienne-la-Cigogne (79247). ^[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/79078-plaine-d-argenson

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 14,286 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.85
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (GAUFFI'SHOP · LE BELVEER). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,5]

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, 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	2	GAUFFI'SHOP · LE BELVEER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
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: 953 2023: 1,006 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 984 (2012) → 1,006 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 849 (1990) → 1,006 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 518, of which 3.9 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.1 km EGP — 2.6 km NFood shop — 2.9 km NBakery — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.4 km N 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 (Beauvoir-sur-Niort): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Beauvoir-sur-Niort): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beauvoir-sur-Niort): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beauvoir-sur-Niort): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Plaine-d'Argenson): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24

Days at or below 0 °C 34.6

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BEAUVOIR-SUR-NI weather station, 3 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 19 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEAUVOIR-SUR-NI, 3 km away at 88 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 — 79078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79078
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
Château-Larcher	86	68 km NE	1,034	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Marville-Moutiers-Brûlé	28	314 km NE	1,024	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vénérieu	38	449 km E	968	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Élesmes	59	569 km NE	1,013	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Nantheuil	24	138 km SE	989	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Remilly-sur-Tille	21	453 km E	1,015	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Château-Larcher	86	68 km NE	1,034	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Nantheuil	24	138 km SE	989	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Marville-Moutiers-Brûlé	28	314 km NE	1,024	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vénérieu	38	449 km E	968	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Remilly-sur-Tille	21	453 km E	1,015	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Élesmes	59	569 km NE	1,013	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · 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 Plaine-d'Argenson'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
Château-Larcher	86	68 km NE	1,034	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Coings	36	187 km NE	915	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Villerbon	41	219 km NE	849	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
François	79	28 km NE	999	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme	81	312 km SE	836	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rosoy	89	363 km NE	1,072	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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