Luché-Thouarsais

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79159

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luché-Thouarsais (INSEE 79159) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 536 (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 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,581 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

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 0 of 2

Sport 1 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. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LUCHE THOUARSAIS RPC RP). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS DES ADILLONS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (ADILLONS VACANCES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	1	LUCHE THOUARSAIS RPC 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	1	BASE DE LOISIRS DES ADILLONS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	1	ADILLONS VACANCES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 375 2023: 536 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 494 (2012) → 536 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 336 (1990) → 536 (2023): 59.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 3.1 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km SEBakery — 4.2 km SFood shop — 4.9 km EGP — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 5.6 km SE 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 (Pierrefitte): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Varent): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Varent): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Varent): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Luché-Thouarsais): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.1

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GLENAY_SAPC weather station, 6.8 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 18 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GLENAY_SAPC, 6.8 km away at 121 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 — 79159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79209
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79159
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
Sainte-Christie	32	358 km S	541	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Gougenheim	67	620 km E	531	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Louroux	37	87 km E	533	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Souvans	39	444 km E	520	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germé	32	359 km S	515	29.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Bourbach-le-Bas	68	563 km E	556	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Louroux	37	87 km E	533	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Christie	32	358 km S	541	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Germé	32	359 km S	515	29.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Souvans	39	444 km E	520	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Bourbach-le-Bas	68	563 km E	556	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Gougenheim	67	620 km E	531	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · 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 Luché-Thouarsais'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
Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq	03	304 km E	523	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chânes	71	393 km E	530	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Coulommiers-la-Tour	41	146 km NE	575	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Moulidars	16	140 km S	662	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Champmillon	16	143 km S	534	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Marnay	86	75 km SE	713	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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