Les Fosses

Deux-Sèvres · CC Mellois en Poitou · INSEE 79126

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 22.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Fosses (INSEE 79126) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 425 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,983 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.85	10	8.54
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 323 peak 2017: 448 2023: 425 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 442 (2012) → 425 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 314 (1990) → 425 (2023): 35.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 219, of which 4.1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.2 km EPharmacy — 5.3 km SGP — 5.4 km SFood shop — 5.7 km S 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 (Secondigné-sur-Belle): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chizé): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chizé): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chizé): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Fosses): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 54.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHIZE weather station, 5.2 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 16.7 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 794 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHIZE, 5.2 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79126
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
Crucheray	41	205 km NE	427	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Amuré	79	24 km NW	429	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Laà-Mondrans	64	304 km S	423	17.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Flavigny-le-Grand-et-Beaurain	02	511 km NE	420	17.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Yville-sur-Seine	76	371 km N	418	18.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Landigou	61	287 km N	417	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Amuré	79	24 km NW	429	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Crucheray	41	205 km NE	427	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Landigou	61	287 km N	417	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Laà-Mondrans	64	304 km S	423	17.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Yville-sur-Seine	76	371 km N	418	18.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Flavigny-le-Grand-et-Beaurain	02	511 km NE	420	17.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · 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 Les Fosses'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
Crucheray	41	205 km NE	427	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Amuré	79	24 km NW	429	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Jaulges	89	372 km NE	418	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Dangers	28	290 km NE	433	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mulhausen	67	666 km NE	435	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Aigleville	27	343 km N	414	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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