Échiré
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Échiré (INSEE 79109) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 3,549 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79109-echire
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 20 % of the 6,210 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 | 0.32 | 25 | 8.08 |
| Social | 0.31 | 20 | 6.15 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.79 | 10 | 7.93 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CONFIDENCE GOURMANDE · BOULANGERIE - PATISSERIE PELOTON · AUX PLAISIRS SUCRES). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]
1 × Supermarket (COPADIS). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (J. BONNET TRAITEUR · FAMILY SICOT). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE MEGGA BAR). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE GERAND, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS BOUCHER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-REGIS DEUX, MÉDECIN · BRICE ROMENTEAU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE ERNEST-PEROCHON). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (EIRL IRIS OSMOND). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | CONFIDENCE GOURMANDE · BOULANGERIE - PATISSERIE PELOTON · AUX PLAISIRS SUCRES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | COPADIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | J. BONNET TRAITEUR · FAMILY SICOT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE MEGGA BAR | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | ANNE GERAND, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS BOUCHER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-REGIS DEUX, MÉDECIN · BRICE ROMENTEAU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | MEDIATHEQUE ERNEST-PEROCHON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | EIRL IRIS OSMOND | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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 | 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 3,282 (2012) → 3,549 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,744 (1990) → 3,549 (2023): 29.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,774, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Échiré): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Échiré): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Échiré): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chauray): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Échiré): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SURIN_SAPC weather station, 8.3 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 33 m. [10]
The village sits 67 m below 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NIORT, 8.5 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SURIN_SAPC, 8.3 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79109/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79109/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79109/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79109/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79109
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79081
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Blanc | 29 | 387 km NW | 3,573 | 36.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 57 | 608 km NE | 3,572 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Derval | 44 | 171 km NW | 3,601 | 46.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 % |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine | 85 | 107 km NW | 3,653 | 44.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 % |
| Troarn | 14 | 311 km N | 3,439 | 46.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Noyal-Pontivy | 56 | 263 km NW | 3,606 | 49.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine | 85 | 107 km NW | 3,653 | 44.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 % |
| Derval | 44 | 171 km NW | 3,601 | 46.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 % |
| Noyal-Pontivy | 56 | 263 km NW | 3,606 | 49.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Troarn | 14 | 311 km N | 3,439 | 46.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourg-Blanc | 29 | 387 km NW | 3,573 | 36.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 57 | 608 km NE | 3,572 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · 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 Échiré'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benet | 85 | 14 km W | 4,089 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thiviers | 24 | 150 km SE | 2,876 | 60.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteaubernard | 16 | 80 km S | 3,878 | 54 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Maurs | 15 | 276 km SE | 2,174 | 66.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cherveux | 79 | 5.1 km NE | 1,885 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges | 85 | 21 km NW | 1,917 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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