Chey
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chey (INSEE 79087) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 541 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 10.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 3 % of the 17,550 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.34 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (MARIE COIFFURE). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 [4,3] | |
| 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 | MARIE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 623 (2012) → 541 (2023): -13.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 579 (1990) → 541 (2023): -6.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 314, of which 5.1 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lezay): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lezay): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Lezay): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lezay): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chenay): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LEZAY weather station, 5.7 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 131 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MELLE, 10.8 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LEZAY, 5.7 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79087/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79087/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79087/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79087/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79148
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79084
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Myon | 63 | 248 km E | 544 | 17 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize | 50 | 284 km N | 535 | 14 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Drevant | 18 | 202 km E | 555 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Aumont-en-Halatte | 60 | 379 km NE | 567 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Puy-du-Lac | 17 | 67 km SW | 523 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 % |
| Le Bélieu | 25 | 518 km E | 512 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy-du-Lac | 17 | 67 km SW | 523 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 % |
| Drevant | 18 | 202 km E | 555 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Myon | 63 | 248 km E | 544 | 17 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize | 50 | 284 km N | 535 | 14 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aumont-en-Halatte | 60 | 379 km NE | 567 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Bélieu | 25 | 518 km E | 512 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Chey'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancier | 70 | 450 km E | 523 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Brousse | 17 | 52 km SW | 516 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Amberre | 86 | 54 km N | 565 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues | 79 | 21 km S | 531 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Yversay | 86 | 46 km NE | 611 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Anne | 41 | 183 km NE | 476 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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