Coulon

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79100

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

Partly served 51.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coulon (INSEE 79100) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 2,299 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79100-coulon

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 73 % of the 8,739 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.81	20	16.28
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.73	10	7.29
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (LE P'TIT FOURNIL DU MARAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (IDEAL · LE BRIN DE PAILLE). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (LA LIBELLULE · RESTAURANT QUAI SUD · AUBERGE EMBARCADERE LA PIGOUILLE · 2G · AU MARAIS GIVRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DE L'ESCALE · MARAIS SOCIAL CLUB). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LANGLAIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE LOUIS - PERCEAU). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHANTHAVONG BOUTSALY). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LE CENTRAL · HOTEL AU MARAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CENTRE TOURISTIQUE · CAMPING LA VENISE VERTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE P'TIT FOURNIL DU MARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	IDEAL · LE BRIN DE PAILLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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	11	LA LIBELLULE · RESTAURANT QUAI SUD · AUBERGE EMBARCADERE LA PIGOUILLE · 2G · AU MARAIS GIVRE	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CAFE DE L'ESCALE · MARAIS SOCIAL CLUB	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LANGLAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	COULON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE LOUIS - PERCEAU	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	CHANTHAVONG BOUTSALY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	LE CENTRAL · HOTEL AU MARAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CENTRE TOURISTIQUE · CAMPING LA VENISE VERTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 8h – 13h place de l'Église (vendredi); place de l'Église (dimanche) (seasonal). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,461 2023: 2,299 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,238 (2012) → 2,299 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,870 (1990) → 2,299 (2023): 22.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,376, of which 14.1 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 2.5 km E 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 (Coulon): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

GP (Magné): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Coulon): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Coulon): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PRIN-DEYRANCON weather station, 11.7 km away at 14 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 14.3 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PRIN-DEYRANCON, 11.7 km away at 14 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79100/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-coulon.fr/marches-hebdomadaire/— “Le marché du vendredi Horaires : le vendredi matin (8h – 13h) Emplacement : place de l'Église”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79100/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79100/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79100/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79100
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79162
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
Chailly-en-Bière	77	339 km NE	2,162	54.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Boisset-et-Gaujac	30	441 km SE	2,707	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Vinassan	11	451 km SE	2,662	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Vinça	66	478 km SE	2,260	51.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chars	95	368 km NE	2,006	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Attichy	60	438 km NE	1,857	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chailly-en-Bière	77	339 km NE	2,162	54.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chars	95	368 km NE	2,006	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Attichy	60	438 km NE	1,857	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Boisset-et-Gaujac	30	441 km SE	2,707	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Vinassan	11	451 km SE	2,662	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Vinça	66	478 km SE	2,260	51.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Coulon'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
Chens-sur-Léman	74	526 km E	3,068	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Prahecq	79	20 km E	2,252	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Possonnière	49	117 km N	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Ménitré	49	123 km N	2,079	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers	85	64 km NW	2,560	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-sur-Loing	77	336 km NE	2,669	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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