Couture-d'Argenson

Deux-Sèvres · CC Mellois en Poitou · INSEE 79106

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

Partly served 43.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couture-d'Argenson (INSEE 79106) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 398 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79106-couture-d-argenson

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,984 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.49	10	4.93
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SNC L'EPICURE D'ARGENSON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADELA PLATONA, MÉDECIN · ANNE BOUHIER-MAYEUR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (COUTURE D ARGENSON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COUTURE-D'ARGENSON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	SNC L'EPICURE D'ARGENSON	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ADELA PLATONA, MÉDECIN · ANNE BOUHIER-MAYEUR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DELUGRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	COUTURE D ARGENSON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COUTURE-D'ARGENSON	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 525 2023: 398 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 399 (2012) → 398 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 401 (1990) → 398 (2023): -0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 12 % second homes and 19.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.8 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 (Lupsault): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Couture-d'Argenson): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Couture-d'Argenson): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Couture-d'Argenson): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Couture-d'Argenson): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.9

Days at or below 0 °C 42.9

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the HANC weather station, 10.3 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[10]

An average of 851 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at HANC, 10.3 km away at 125 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79106
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
Autrey-lès-Gray	70	456 km NE	398	42.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 39 %
Jarnages	23	169 km E	498	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 53 %
Nozeroy	39	478 km E	393	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 22 %
Valuéjols	15	257 km SE	580	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 9 %
Gornac	33	148 km S	441	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %
Soueich	31	335 km S	514	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gornac	33	148 km S	441	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %
Jarnages	23	169 km E	498	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 53 %
Valuéjols	15	257 km SE	580	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 9 %
Soueich	31	335 km S	514	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
Autrey-lès-Gray	70	456 km NE	398	42.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 39 %
Nozeroy	39	478 km E	393	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 22 %

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Elsewhere

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