Limalonges

Deux-Sèvres · CC Mellois en Poitou · INSEE 79150

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Limalonges (INSEE 79150) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 843 (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/79150-limalonges

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 15,327 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.52	10	5.16
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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]

2 × Restaurant (LES MAISONS BLANCHES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'EMBUSCADE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTIAN GEOFFROY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LIMALONGES RP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE MERCIER LYDIE). ^[3,4]

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, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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	2	LES MAISONS BLANCHES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'EMBUSCADE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTIAN GEOFFROY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LIMALONGES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	LE MERCIER LYDIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 914 2023: 843 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 867 (2012) → 843 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 830 (1990) → 843 (2023): 1.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 506, of which 15 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.8 km WFood shop — 3.8 km WPharmacy — 8.7 km N 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 (Sauzé-entre-Bois): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sauzé-entre-Bois): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Limalonges): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chaunay): 8.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Limalonges): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.9

Days at or below 0 °C 42.9

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the HANC weather station, 15 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[11]

An average of 851 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at HANC, 15 km away at 125 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 — 79150/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79150/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79150/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79150/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79307
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79150
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86068
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
Terres de Druance	14	316 km N	906	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 74 %
Vayres	87	65 km SE	703	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Plounérin	22	389 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 95 %
Romagne	86	19 km NE	801	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Champéon	53	254 km N	636	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 99 %
Rom	79	19 km N	802	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rom	79	19 km N	802	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Romagne	86	19 km NE	801	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Vayres	87	65 km SE	703	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Champéon	53	254 km N	636	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 99 %
Terres de Druance	14	316 km N	906	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 74 %
Plounérin	22	389 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 95 %

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