Épannes

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79112

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

Partly served 57.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épannes (INSEE 79112) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 851 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79112-epannes

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 15,287 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	0.42	25	10.54
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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PETIT FOURNIL D'EPANNES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API EPANNES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE FAUCHER, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE FICHET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA GRANDE RUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (EPANNES LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE JACQUES PRÉVERT D'ÉPANNES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ECLAT COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PETIT FOURNIL D'EPANNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API EPANNES	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]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANNE FAUCHER, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE FICHET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA GRANDE RUE	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	EPANNES LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE JACQUES PRÉVERT D'ÉPANNES	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	2	ECLAT COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 380 peak 2017: 867 2023: 851 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 771 (2012) → 851 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 538 (1990) → 851 (2023): 58.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 412, of which 0.7 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.8 km WPharmacy — 3.7 km NE 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 (Épannes): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Épannes): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Épannes): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Épannes): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PRIN-DEYRANCON weather station, 4.8 km away at 14 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 16.8 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PRIN-DEYRANCON, 4.8 km away at 14 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 — 79112/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79112/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79112/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79112/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79130
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
Acy-en-Multien	60	415 km NE	821	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Einville-au-Jard	54	596 km NE	1,053	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Corbeny	02	487 km NE	851	66.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Raucourt-et-Flaba	08	557 km NE	813	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauflieu	80	448 km NE	976	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë	53	184 km N	949	59.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë	53	184 km N	949	59.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 85 %
Acy-en-Multien	60	415 km NE	821	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauflieu	80	448 km NE	976	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Corbeny	02	487 km NE	851	66.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Raucourt-et-Flaba	08	557 km NE	813	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Einville-au-Jard	54	596 km NE	1,053	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · 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 Épannes'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
Étrechet	36	191 km E	998	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Grand-Serre	26	454 km E	973	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villefagnan	16	56 km SE	972	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Coudes	63	301 km E	1,225	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Bridoire	73	495 km E	1,202	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Écueillé	36	175 km NE	1,188	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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