Gourgé

Deux-Sèvres · CC de Parthenay-Gâtine · INSEE 79135

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gourgé (INSEE 79135) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 884 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 15,078 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	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.47	10	4.66
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Restaurant. ^[4,3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GOURGE RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE GOURGÉ ESPACE ROLAND PIGNON). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (LA FERME SAINT MICHEL). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	GOURGE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE GOURGÉ ESPACE ROLAND PIGNON	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	LA FERME SAINT MICHEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 983 2023: 884 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 945 (2012) → 884 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 915 (1990) → 884 (2023): -3.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 548, of which 16.1 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 6.0 km SFood shop — 6.2 km SPharmacy — 6.4 km SBakery — 7.5 km SW 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 (Viennay): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Peyratte): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Peyratte): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Peyratte): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gourgé): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 48.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the THENEZAY weather station, 7.9 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at THENEZAY STNA, 11 km away at 132 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 723 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THENEZAY, 7.9 km away at 140 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 — 79135/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79135/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79135/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79135/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79347
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79135
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
Maleville	12	314 km SE	967	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Challain-la-Potherie	49	121 km NW	827	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Ordan-Larroque	32	342 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Tréal	56	198 km NW	699	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-aux-Bois	88	510 km E	675	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 42 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	143 km SE	718	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Challain-la-Potherie	49	121 km NW	827	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	143 km SE	718	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tréal	56	198 km NW	699	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Maleville	12	314 km SE	967	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Ordan-Larroque	32	342 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-aux-Bois	88	510 km E	675	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 42 %

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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 Gourgé'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
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre	23	156 km E	711	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montmiral	26	447 km E	649	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Assais-les-Jumeaux	79	10 km NE	763	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pouligny-Notre-Dame	36	168 km E	639	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Parly	89	289 km NE	817	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saligny-sur-Roudon	03	300 km E	641	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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