Coulonges-Thouarsais

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79102

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

No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coulonges-Thouarsais (INSEE 79102) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 443 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,907 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.57
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ANE ROUGE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	L'ANE ROUGE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 571 2023: 443 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 453 (2012) → 443 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 419 (1990) → 443 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 3.5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.0 km SEFood shop — 6.2 km NWBakery — 6.4 km SPharmacy — 6.6 km NEGP — 7.8 km SE 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 (Pierrefitte): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Argentonnay): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Varent): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Thouars): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Luché-Thouarsais): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

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 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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the GLENAY_SAPC weather station, 9.3 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 136 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 17.5 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 55 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at GLENAY_SAPC, 9.3 km away at 121 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79102/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79102/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79102/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79102/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79209
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79013
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79159
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
Tourmont	39	456 km E	437	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Gerland	21	405 km E	443	23.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Bouzonville-aux-Bois	45	233 km NE	428	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
La Chapelle-Bertrand	79	36 km S	465	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jouan-de-l'Isle	22	203 km NW	446	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Dallon	02	416 km NE	424	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Bertrand	79	36 km S	465	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jouan-de-l'Isle	22	203 km NW	446	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Bouzonville-aux-Bois	45	233 km NE	428	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Gerland	21	405 km E	443	23.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Dallon	02	416 km NE	424	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Tourmont	39	456 km E	437	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · 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-Thouarsais'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
La Chapelle-Bertrand	79	36 km S	465	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Courant	17	100 km S	445	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vinzieux	07	426 km SE	538	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Just-sur-Dive	49	32 km NE	373	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne	41	141 km NE	476	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Julos	65	424 km S	450	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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