Maisonnay
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 17.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Maisonnay (INSEE 79164) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 252 (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 17.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 43 % of the 17,272 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.37 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (RELAIS LA FLEUR). [3]
1 × Hotel (RELAIS LA FLEUR). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | RELAIS LA FLEUR | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 1 | RELAIS LA FLEUR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 252 (2012) → 252 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 266 (1990) → 252 (2023): -5.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 126, of which 6.3 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lezay): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Melle): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Melle): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Melle): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Fontivillié): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LEZAY weather station, 8.3 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 165 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MELLE, 8.7 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LEZAY, 8.3 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
16 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 73,468 € — 672 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Deux-Sèvres is 1,143 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79164/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79164/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79164/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79164/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79148
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79174
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79064
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francheville | 21 | 401 km E | 256 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Mesnil-Jourdain | 27 | 343 km N | 236 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fresnes-en-Tardenois | 02 | 426 km NE | 272 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Foisches | 08 | 566 km NE | 233 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 % |
| Plaines-Saint-Lange | 10 | 397 km NE | 266 | 14 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets | 37 | 176 km NE | 238 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets | 37 | 176 km NE | 238 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Mesnil-Jourdain | 27 | 343 km N | 236 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plaines-Saint-Lange | 10 | 397 km NE | 266 | 14 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Francheville | 21 | 401 km E | 256 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fresnes-en-Tardenois | 02 | 426 km NE | 272 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Foisches | 08 | 566 km NE | 233 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 % |
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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 Maisonnay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brives | 36 | 170 km NE | 237 | 20.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vervant | 17 | 39 km SW | 252 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chevrainvilliers | 77 | 305 km NE | 255 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vernoux-sur-Boutonne | 79 | 15 km W | 249 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ormesson | 77 | 307 km NE | 242 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lanthes | 21 | 412 km E | 256 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
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