Mairé-Levescault

Deux-Sèvres · CC Mellois en Poitou · INSEE 79163

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mairé-Levescault (INSEE 79163) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 582 (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 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 17,267 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	6.04
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE BRIN DE COSETTE MAIRÉ-LEVESCAULT). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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	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)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE BRIN DE COSETTE MAIRÉ-LEVESCAULT	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	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: 520 2023: 582 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 571 (2012) → 582 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 527 (1990) → 582 (2023): 10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 341, of which 16.1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SEGP — 3.3 km SEFood shop — 3.4 km SEPharmacy — 8.7 km NE 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): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sauzé-entre-Bois): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sauzé-entre-Bois): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chaunay): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mairé-Levescault): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.9

Days at or below 0 °C 42.9

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 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, 11.8 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MELLE, 19.8 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. ^[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, 11.8 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 — 79163/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79163/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79163/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79163/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79307
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79163
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
Concremiers	36	87 km NE	590	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Aubas	24	147 km SE	614	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Jonquières	34	384 km SE	590	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Asté	65	346 km S	568	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Boussac	12	275 km SE	611	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine	77	375 km NE	491	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Concremiers	36	87 km NE	590	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Aubas	24	147 km SE	614	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Boussac	12	275 km SE	611	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Asté	65	346 km S	568	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine	77	375 km NE	491	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Jonquières	34	384 km SE	590	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Mairé-Levescault'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
Concremiers	36	87 km NE	590	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chantérac	24	113 km S	652	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Thurageau	86	69 km N	720	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Haimps	17	42 km SW	448	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-d'Heurs	63	263 km E	703	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chichery	89	325 km NE	426	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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