Faye-l'Abbesse
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 34.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Faye-l'Abbesse (INSEE 79116) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 1,131 (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/79116-faye-l-abbesse
Vitality score
Vitality score 34.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 13,592 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.33 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (REF 160199 · DE MON BEAU REVE). [3,4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT HILAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FAYE L'ABBESSE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | 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 | 2 | REF 160199 · DE MON BEAU REVE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT HILAIRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FAYE L'ABBESSE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE OMNISPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 1,040 (2012) → 1,131 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 998 (1990) → 1,131 (2023): 13.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 505, of which 2.6 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chiché): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chiché): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Bressuire): 9.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bressuire): 9.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Faye-l'Abbesse): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the GLENAY_SAPC weather station, 8.3 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 161 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 12.2 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at GLENAY_SAPC, 8.3 km away at 121 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
75 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 115,000 € — 806 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Deux-Sèvres is 1,143 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79116/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79116/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79116/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79116/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79088
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79049
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79116
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sardos | 82 | 346 km S | 1,120 | 35.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sanssac-l'Église | 43 | 376 km SE | 1,080 | 30.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aveize | 69 | 393 km E | 1,110 | 29.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Boissière | 34 | 471 km SE | 1,072 | 32.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bellou-en-Houlme | 61 | 207 km N | 1,024 | 31.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pressins | 38 | 483 km E | 1,194 | 32.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellou-en-Houlme | 61 | 207 km N | 1,024 | 31.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sardos | 82 | 346 km S | 1,120 | 35.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sanssac-l'Église | 43 | 376 km SE | 1,080 | 30.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aveize | 69 | 393 km E | 1,110 | 29.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Boissière | 34 | 471 km SE | 1,072 | 32.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pressins | 38 | 483 km E | 1,194 | 32.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · 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 Faye-l'Abbesse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiré-en-Montreuil | 86 | 42 km SE | 922 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villaines-les-Rochers | 37 | 78 km NE | 1,051 | 31.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Essouvert | 17 | 95 km S | 1,021 | 27.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cognat-Lyonne | 03 | 292 km E | 706 | 39.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villebernier | 49 | 53 km NE | 1,441 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saulgé | 86 | 107 km SE | 1,011 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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