Chiché

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Bocage Bressuirais · INSEE 79088

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

Partly served 42.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chiché (INSEE 79088) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 1,679 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79088-chiche

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 10,787 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.78	10	7.81
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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) (LES MIMIS). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (SARL RESTAURANT DU THOUARET · LE POUL'AILLE BRAISE · ZALAMAKE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (AMBIANCE COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE · LES CISEAUX D'ADELINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES MIMIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	SARL RESTAURANT DU THOUARET · LE POUL'AILLE BRAISE · ZALAMAKE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHICHE LRPC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE CHICHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	AMBIANCE COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE · LES CISEAUX D'ADELINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,310 peak 2017: 1,690 2023: 1,679 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,656 (2012) → 1,679 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,311 (1990) → 1,679 (2023): 28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 819, of which 4.5 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 9.6 km SPharmacy — 10.2 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 (Chiché): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chiché): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Clessé): 9.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bressuire): 10.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chiché): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.1

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GLENAY_SAPC weather station, 10.4 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 12.9 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRESSUIRE, 10.1 km away at 200 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 — 79088/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79088/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79088/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79088/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79049
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
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	440 km E	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Falleron	85	103 km W	1,725	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Benon	17	75 km SW	1,859	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Sernin	07	444 km SE	1,872	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Gouesnière	35	232 km NW	2,021	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Savigneux	01	409 km E	1,469	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Benon	17	75 km SW	1,859	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Falleron	85	103 km W	1,725	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
La Gouesnière	35	232 km NW	2,021	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Savigneux	01	409 km E	1,469	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	440 km E	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sernin	07	444 km SE	1,872	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · 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 Chiché'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
Denée	49	67 km N	1,449	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ardoix	07	432 km SE	1,308	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Availles-en-Châtellerault	86	72 km E	1,730	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chabournay	86	48 km E	1,274	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Roche-Vineuse	71	391 km E	1,570	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
L'Île-d'Elle	85	69 km SW	1,502	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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