Louzy

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79157

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Louzy (INSEE 79157) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 1,288 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79157-louzy

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 12,763 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.67	10	6.73
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MERCI PATON, BOULANGERIE BIOLOGIQUE COOPERATIVE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LOUZY). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MILLE ET N'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DU RELAIS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1	MERCI PATON, BOULANGERIE BIOLOGIQUE COOPERATIVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LOUZY	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	MILLE ET N'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL DU RELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 640 peak 2017: 1,358 2023: 1,288 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,285 (2012) → 1,288 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,098 (1990) → 1,288 (2023): 17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 568, of which 2.5 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.1 km SWPharmacy — 2.1 km SWFood shop — 2.2 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 (Louzy): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Verge): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Verge): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Verge): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 33.8

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THOUARS-STNA weather station, 2.9 km away at 81 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[10]

An average of 584 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at THOUARS-STNA, 2.9 km away at 81 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79157/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79157/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79157/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79157/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79300
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
Audrieu	14	246 km N	1,167	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 92 %
Léojac	82	358 km S	1,282	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur	81	392 km SE	1,269	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 88 %
Le Garric	81	381 km SE	1,302	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
La Roche-Blanche	44	86 km NW	1,261	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Soulaines-sur-Aubance	49	47 km NW	1,329	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Soulaines-sur-Aubance	49	47 km NW	1,329	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
La Roche-Blanche	44	86 km NW	1,261	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Audrieu	14	246 km N	1,167	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 92 %
Léojac	82	358 km S	1,282	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Le Garric	81	381 km SE	1,302	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur	81	392 km SE	1,269	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 88 %

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