Pamproux

Deux-Sèvres · CC Haut Val de Sèvre · INSEE 79201

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

Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pamproux (INSEE 79201) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 1,686 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 10,753 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	0.63	25	15.75
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.48	10	4.76
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOITE A PAINS · BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE TENTATIONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DE PAMPROUX). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR · SNC COUTANT S & A · EPICERIE ROUMAINE \ CHEZ 3 FRERES). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT DES HALLES · LE PETIT COURAULT). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES VIGNES ROUSSES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS J MOREAU). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'UNIV'HAIR D'AURELIE · LA TETE DANS LES MARGUERITES). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA BOITE A PAINS · BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE TENTATIONS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DE PAMPROUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	SPAR · SNC COUTANT S & A · EPICERIE ROUMAINE \ CHEZ 3 FRERES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	3	BAR RESTAURANT DES HALLES · LE PETIT COURAULT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE PAMPROUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES VIGNES ROUSSES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS J MOREAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	L'UNIV'HAIR D'AURELIE · LA TETE DANS LES MARGUERITES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,708 peak 2017: 1,747 2023: 1,686 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,681 (2012) → 1,686 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,728 (1990) → 1,686 (2023): -2.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 916, of which 4.4 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 5.2 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 (Pamproux): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pamproux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Mothe-Saint-Héray): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pamproux): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MENIGOUTE_SAPC weather station, 11 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MELLE, 19.3 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 950 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MENIGOUTE_SAPC, 11 km away at 138 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 — 79201/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79201/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79201/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79201/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79184
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
Ladon	45	265 km NE	1,392	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lusigny	03	272 km E	1,620	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Congénies	30	441 km SE	1,617	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Clar-de-Rivière	31	341 km S	1,720	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Ottrott	67	607 km NE	1,620	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Damprichard	25	536 km E	1,776	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 19 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ladon	45	265 km NE	1,392	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lusigny	03	272 km E	1,620	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clar-de-Rivière	31	341 km S	1,720	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Congénies	30	441 km SE	1,617	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Damprichard	25	536 km E	1,776	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 19 % · humidity 79 %
Ottrott	67	607 km NE	1,620	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Pamproux'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
Lusigny	03	272 km E	1,620	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mothern	67	676 km NE	1,939	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gurgy	89	319 km NE	1,723	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Oucques La Nouvelle	41	189 km NE	1,638	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye	49	88 km N	1,453	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Villedieu-du-Clain	86	33 km E	1,512	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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