Les Châteliers

Deux-Sèvres · CC de Parthenay-Gâtine · INSEE 79105

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

Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Châteliers (INSEE 79105) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 445 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Chantecorps (79068). ^[3]

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 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,952 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.5	10	5.05
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (DENNY). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Café / bar	1	DENNY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 658 2023: 445 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 488 (2012) → 445 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 443 (1990) → 445 (2023): 0.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 261, of which 9.2 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.0 km WBakery — 4.4 km EGP — 4.6 km EPharmacy — 4.6 km EFood shop — 4.7 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 (Ménigoute): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ménigoute): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ménigoute): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ménigoute): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Châteliers): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.6

Days at or below 0 °C 46.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MENIGOUTE_SAPC weather station, 4.3 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[11]

The village sits 55 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 950 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MENIGOUTE_SAPC, 4.3 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79105/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79105/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79105/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79105/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79105
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
Espartignac	19	180 km SE	407	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Broualan	35	247 km NW	415	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 95 %
Botsorhel	29	347 km NW	425	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Péver	22	314 km NW	397	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 55 %
Saint-Bonnet	16	114 km S	409	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Sacey	50	244 km NW	508	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bonnet	16	114 km S	409	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Espartignac	19	180 km SE	407	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Sacey	50	244 km NW	508	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 74 %
Broualan	35	247 km NW	415	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Péver	22	314 km NW	397	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 55 %
Botsorhel	29	347 km NW	425	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 72 %

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