Doux
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Doux (INSEE 79108) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 204 (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/79108-doux
Vitality score
Vitality score 9.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 16,069 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.64 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.35 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 225 (2012) → 204 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 236 (1990) → 204 (2023): -13.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 138, of which 6.5 % second homes and 17.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cherves): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Thénezay): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Thénezay): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Thénezay): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Thénezay): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the THENEZAY STNA weather station, 3.1 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 116 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at THENEZAY STNA, 3.1 km away at 132 m, over 23 summers. [10]
An average of 647 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at THENEZAY STNA, 3.1 km away at 132 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 — 79108/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79108/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79108/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79108/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86073
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79326
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omey | 51 | 409 km NE | 203 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nod-sur-Seine | 21 | 362 km E | 204 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ville-sur-Arce | 10 | 367 km NE | 206 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puits-et-Nuisement | 10 | 375 km NE | 201 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sombrin | 62 | 430 km NE | 205 | 10 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Braches | 80 | 381 km NE | 203 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nod-sur-Seine | 21 | 362 km E | 204 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ville-sur-Arce | 10 | 367 km NE | 206 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puits-et-Nuisement | 10 | 375 km NE | 201 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Braches | 80 | 381 km NE | 203 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Omey | 51 | 409 km NE | 203 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sombrin | 62 | 430 km NE | 205 | 10 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Doux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omey | 51 | 409 km NE | 203 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ville-sur-Arce | 10 | 367 km NE | 206 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villemorien | 10 | 355 km NE | 203 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ambrières | 51 | 418 km NE | 210 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Faye | 41 | 147 km NE | 216 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mérouville | 28 | 224 km NE | 214 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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