Cherveux

Deux-Sèvres · CC Haut Val de Sèvre · INSEE 79086

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

Partly served 50.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cherveux (INSEE 79086) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 1,885 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79086-cherveux

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 10,005 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI DORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

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

2 × Restaurant (MUSHA MUSHA · SAVEURS DE DAMAS). ^[3,4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUILLAUME ARNOULD, MÉDECIN · MARIE JAOUEN, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN FORGET, MÉDECIN · LEA MAGAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHERVEUX RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHERVEUX). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR NATUREL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'EPI DORE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	MUSHA MUSHA · SAVEURS DE DAMAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	GUILLAUME ARNOULD, MÉDECIN · MARIE JAOUEN, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN FORGET, MÉDECIN · LEA MAGAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHERVEUX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHERVEUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	L'HAIR NATUREL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,003 peak 2017: 1,905 2023: 1,885 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,711 (2012) → 1,885 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,179 (1990) → 1,885 (2023): 59.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 790, of which 2.3 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.7 km EBakery — 5.2 km SW 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 (Échiré): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Cherveux): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Cherveux): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cherveux): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cherveux): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.6

Days at or below 0 °C 23.2

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 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURIN_SAPC weather station, 9.3 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 85 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at NIORT, 11.4 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SURIN_SAPC, 9.3 km away at 100 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 — 79086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/f4f65cff-9977-3556-9e91-04eddd37f25d— “Marché de Cherveux”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79086
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
Briatexte	81	345 km SE	1,938	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Sauzet	26	451 km SE	1,882	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villé	67	615 km NE	1,799	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Champagné-les-Marais	85	59 km W	1,824	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Manziat	01	404 km E	2,018	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 46 %
Aubers	59	521 km NE	1,749	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champagné-les-Marais	85	59 km W	1,824	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Briatexte	81	345 km SE	1,938	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Manziat	01	404 km E	2,018	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 46 %
Sauzet	26	451 km SE	1,882	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Aubers	59	521 km NE	1,749	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Villé	67	615 km NE	1,799	57.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Cherveux'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
Nalliers	85	52 km W	2,389	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges	85	24 km W	1,917	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vix	85	39 km W	1,835	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Maurs	15	275 km SE	2,174	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-le-Beau	37	142 km NE	3,216	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Ménitré	49	110 km N	2,079	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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