Luzay

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79161

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luzay (INSEE 79161) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 617 (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/79161-luzay

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 16,933 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	5	0
Population trend	0.73	10	7.27
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (SARRAZINE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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]
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	SARRAZINE	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 PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	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: 512 peak 2017: 635 2023: 617 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 586 (2012) → 617 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 503 (1990) → 617 (2023): 22.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 5.8 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km SWPharmacy — 4.6 km SWFood shop — 4.7 km SWGP — 4.7 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 (Saint-Varent): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Varent): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Varent): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Varent): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

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, 7.4 km away at 81 m; the village itself is at 95 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, 7.4 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 — 79161/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79161/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79161/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79161/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79161
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
La Faye	16	104 km S	617	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Merckeghem	59	474 km N	615	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 %
Bacqueville	27	290 km NE	614	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 77 %
Loray	25	508 km E	623	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Morestel	38	459 km E	610	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 30 %
Fauch	81	393 km SE	619	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Faye	16	104 km S	617	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Bacqueville	27	290 km NE	614	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 77 %
Fauch	81	393 km SE	619	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Morestel	38	459 km E	610	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 30 %
Merckeghem	59	474 km N	615	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 %
Loray	25	508 km E	623	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %

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