Lezay

Deux-Sèvres · CC Mellois en Poitou · INSEE 79148

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 50.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lezay (INSEE 79148) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 2,024 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79148-lezay

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 9,538 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.8	10	8.01
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.82
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

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

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BAUBEAU · LA FOURNEE LEZEENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (GELUSA). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (ARA SOGAND · O'BERCAIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE GRAINES D'EXTRA PETITS TERRESTRES). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN MONNET · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE GRAINES D'EXTRA PETITS TERRESTRES). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER BERTAUD, MÉDECIN · LAËTITIA NAPIAS, MÉDECIN · MURIELLE PETIT-CLERT, MÉDECIN · LAURENT TURPIN, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LAURE NAVARETTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MARCHE · PHARMACIE CENTRALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LEZAY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR'LOOK). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PARC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	SARL BAUBEAU · LA FOURNEE LEZEENNE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	1	GELUSA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	ARA SOGAND · O'BERCAIL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE GRAINES D'EXTRA PETITS TERRESTRES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE JEAN MONNET · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE GRAINES D'EXTRA PETITS TERRESTRES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	OLIVIER BERTAUD, MÉDECIN · LAËTITIA NAPIAS, MÉDECIN · MURIELLE PETIT-CLERT, MÉDECIN · LAURENT TURPIN, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LAURE NAVARETTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DU MARCHE · PHARMACIE CENTRALE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LEZAY	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	3	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	2	HAIR'LOOK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PARC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,132 peak 1990: 2,295 2023: 2,024 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,087 (2012) → 2,024 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,295 (1990) → 2,024 (2023): -11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,099, of which 3.6 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km SWGP — 0.5 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 (Lezay): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lezay): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lezay): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lezay): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lezay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25

Days at or below 0 °C 44.8

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LEZAY weather station, 0.8 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MELLE, 11.3 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LEZAY, 0.8 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79148
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
Saint-Georges-de-Mons	63	223 km E	2,048	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Porchaire	17	78 km SW	2,040	53.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Segonzac	16	74 km S	2,083	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Les Côtes-d'Arey	38	388 km E	2,023	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Targon	33	172 km S	2,079	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Ciry-le-Noble	71	332 km E	2,177	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Segonzac	16	74 km S	2,083	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Porchaire	17	78 km SW	2,040	53.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Targon	33	172 km S	2,079	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Georges-de-Mons	63	223 km E	2,048	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Ciry-le-Noble	71	332 km E	2,177	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Les Côtes-d'Arey	38	388 km E	2,023	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · 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 Lezay'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
Beaulon	03	285 km E	1,649	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Riaillé	44	170 km NW	2,365	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mozé-sur-Louet	49	128 km N	2,031	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Charantonnay	38	404 km E	2,019	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Brioux-sur-Boutonne	79	21 km SW	1,440	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Charbuy	89	315 km NE	1,868	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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