Fenioux

Identity

Fenioux (INSEE 79119) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Val de Gâtine. Population 638 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/79119-fenioux

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 16,783 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.

Services

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LA CHEVALLERIE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE DES BELLES FLEURS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FENIOUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CUT 46). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 670 (2012) → 638 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 776 (1990) → 638 (2023): -17.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 389, of which 7.5 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Beugnon-Thireuil): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fenioux): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Champdeniers): 9.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 10.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Fenioux): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VERNOUX-EN-GATI weather station, 6.9 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 93 m. ^[12]

The village sits 112 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SCILLE, 10.2 km away at 247 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 154 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,046 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VERNOUX-EN-GATI, 6.9 km away at 205 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79119/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79119/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79119/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79119/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79077
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79119
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79066
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79101
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024