Coulonges-sur-l'Autize

Deux-Sèvres · CC Val de Gâtine · INSEE 79101

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

Served 61/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coulonges-sur-l'Autize (INSEE 79101) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Val de Gâtine. Population 2,345 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 61/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 93 % of the 8,625 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.66	10	6.6
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LA DOUCEUR COULONGEOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE GELIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MEDIAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BLOUGE · AN NEM). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS · L'ABREUVOIR). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · OGEC DE L'ECOLE NOTRE DAME DE COULONGES SUR L'AUTI). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE HENRI MARTINEAU). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER DAUDIN, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE MORISSEAU, MÉDECIN · AURIANE DUQUESNE, MÉDECIN · EMILIE FOURTILLAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES HALLES · AIRE COUVERTE SPORTIVE DU COLLEGE). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL COULONGES ST HILAIR). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (RELAX'HAIR · LES CISEAUX D'OPHELIE 79). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PARC). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA DOUCEUR COULONGEOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE GELIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	MEDIAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	LE BLOUGE · AN NEM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	BAR DES SPORTS · L'ABREUVOIR	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · OGEC DE L'ECOLE NOTRE DAME DE COULONGES SUR L'AUTI	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE HENRI MARTINEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	DIDIER DAUDIN, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE MORISSEAU, MÉDECIN · AURIANE DUQUESNE, MÉDECIN · EMILIE FOURTILLAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE DES HALLES · AIRE COUVERTE SPORTIVE DU COLLEGE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL COULONGES ST HILAIR	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	4	RELAX'HAIR · LES CISEAUX D'OPHELIE 79	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PARC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Tuesday, Saturday matin Centre-ville et Halles. ^[5,6,7]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 2,021 peak 2012: 2,365 2023: 2,345 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,365 (2012) → 2,345 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[8,1]

Population 2,021 (1990) → 2,345 (2023): 16 % over 30 years. ^[9,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,225, of which 2.8 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[10]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Food shop (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

GP (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.6

Days at or below 0 °C 23.2

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SURIN_SAPC weather station, 10.9 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SCILLE, 15.2 km away at 247 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 169 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SURIN_SAPC, 10.9 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Pharmacy

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79101/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.coulonges-sur-lautize.fr/mon-cadre-de-vie/les-marches/— “Tous les mardis et samedis (même les jours fériés), ils vous accueillent le matin”
DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/11bcbdb2-8519-3751-be75-78ad789269c9— “Marché hebdomadaire de Coulonges-sur-l'Autize (samedi matin).”
DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/0de70c64-7a55-3c3d-81ab-73bd35bddf44— “Marché hebdomadaire de Coulonges-sur-l'Autize (mardi matin).”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79101/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79101/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79101/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79101
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
Marboz	01	449 km E	2,264	62.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Sixt-sur-Aff	35	182 km NW	2,273	63.4	Served	no figures
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre	79	32 km N	2,250	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Couffé	44	114 km NW	2,535	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Ger	64	362 km S	2,137	56.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Branchs	37	133 km NE	2,637	51.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre	79	32 km N	2,250	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Couffé	44	114 km NW	2,535	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Branchs	37	133 km NE	2,637	51.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Sixt-sur-Aff	35	182 km NW	2,273	63.4	Served	no figures
Ger	64	362 km S	2,137	56.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Marboz	01	449 km E	2,264	62.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Coulonges-sur-l'Autize'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
Rives-d'Autise	85	8.8 km SW	2,036	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chaillé-les-Marais	85	34 km W	1,924	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Varennes-sur-Loire	49	98 km NE	1,922	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Coursac	24	179 km SE	2,380	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Signes	83	620 km SE	3,126	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Grignols	33	237 km S	1,216	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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