Chizé

Deux-Sèvres · CC Mellois en Poitou · INSEE 79090

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

Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chizé (INSEE 79090) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 862 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79090-chize

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 15,226 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.82
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (JHAMLYC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER MOUNOURY, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD VAN DEN BROECK, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES 7 CHENES). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHIZÉ). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	JHAMLYC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SERVICE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	DIDIER MOUNOURY, MÉDECIN · ARNAUD VAN DEN BROECK, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES 7 CHENES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHIZÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 781 peak 2007: 943 2023: 862 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 891 (2012) → 862 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 878 (1990) → 862 (2023): -1.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 460, of which 9.6 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.6 km NEPharmacy — 0.6 km NE 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 (Chizé): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chizé): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chizé): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chizé): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chizé): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 54.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHIZE weather station, 4.5 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[9]

An average of 794 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHIZE, 4.5 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79090/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79090/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79090/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79090/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79090
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
Selommes	41	217 km NE	785	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Neste	65	344 km S	964	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 100 %
Leuc	11	392 km SE	819	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 53 %
Villamblard	24	140 km SE	851	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Ménigoute	79	48 km NE	846	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
La Feuillie	76	397 km N	1,228	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ménigoute	79	48 km NE	846	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Villamblard	24	140 km SE	851	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Selommes	41	217 km NE	785	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Neste	65	344 km S	964	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 100 %
Leuc	11	392 km SE	819	48	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 53 %
La Feuillie	76	397 km N	1,228	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 69 %

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