Combrand

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Bocage Bressuirais · INSEE 79096

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

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Combrand (INSEE 79096) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 1,222 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 13,094 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.63	10	6.33
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL A ET D CAILLAUD). ^[3]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AIREY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL A ET D CAILLAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API COMBRAND	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE COMBRAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL LOUIS MARCHAND	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,043 2023: 1,222 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,164 (2012) → 1,222 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,079 (1990) → 1,222 (2023): 13.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 564, of which 4.4 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop Primary school — 2.6 km EPharmacy — 4.6 km SEGP — 5.1 km S 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 (Combrand): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Combrand): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cerizay): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cerizay): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Pin): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 38

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CIRIERE weather station, 6.1 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 13.4 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CERIZAY-SPC, 5.8 km away at 149 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79096/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/85cd62cb-7cda-3456-9587-41e69907b4f9— “Marché à la ferme de Combrand”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79096/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79096/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79096/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79210
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
Candé-sur-Beuvron	41	163 km NE	1,463	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Vitry-en-Charollais	71	365 km E	1,082	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Caudecoste	47	325 km S	1,127	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Lafitte-Vigordane	31	422 km S	1,142	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Fessard	45	279 km NE	1,161	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Villegouge	33	213 km S	1,325	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Candé-sur-Beuvron	41	163 km NE	1,463	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Villegouge	33	213 km S	1,325	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Fessard	45	279 km NE	1,161	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Caudecoste	47	325 km S	1,127	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Vitry-en-Charollais	71	365 km E	1,082	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Lafitte-Vigordane	31	422 km S	1,142	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Combrand'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
Azay-sur-Thouet	79	37 km SE	1,114	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes	85	72 km SW	1,213	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Nouzilly	37	132 km NE	1,234	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Challes	72	145 km NE	1,156	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vouillé-les-Marais	85	57 km S	806	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Noizay	37	135 km NE	1,168	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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