La Foye-Monjault

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79127

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Foye-Monjault (INSEE 79127) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 839 (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 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 15,354 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.72
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

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

1 × Café / bar (LE RABELAIS'S NOT DEAD). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE CENTRALE LA FOYE MONJAULT SALLE DU CHÊNE VERT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	LE RABELAIS'S NOT DEAD	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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE CENTRALE LA FOYE MONJAULT SALLE DU CHÊNE VERT	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 748 peak 2017: 846 2023: 839 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 783 (2012) → 839 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 716 (1990) → 839 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 392, of which 4.8 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.1 km SWBakery — 3.8 km NWFood shop — 4.2 km NWPharmacy — 5.3 km E 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 (La Rochénard): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Rochénard): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Val-du-Mignon): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beauvoir-sur-Niort): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Foye-Monjault): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24

Days at or below 0 °C 34.6

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BEAUVOIR-SUR-NI weather station, 6.5 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 17.8 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BEAUVOIR-SUR-NI, 6.5 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79127/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79127/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79127/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79127/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79334
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79127
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
Thiembronne	62	529 km N	815	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Colombier	25	564 km E	875	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Bertangles	80	470 km NE	815	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Ponts-et-Marais	76	453 km N	783	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Angrie	49	157 km N	913	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe	45	263 km NE	777	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Angrie	49	157 km N	913	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe	45	263 km NE	777	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Ponts-et-Marais	76	453 km N	783	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Bertangles	80	470 km NE	815	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Thiembronne	62	529 km N	815	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Colombier	25	564 km E	875	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Foye-Monjault'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
Xanton-Chassenon	85	32 km N	743	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Claix	16	84 km SE	1,049	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Souvigné	79	34 km NE	863	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	399 km E	784	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Serbonnes	89	369 km NE	716	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Thurageau	86	88 km NE	720	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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