Le Pin
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Pin (INSEE 79210) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 1,091 (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/79210-le-pin
Vitality score
Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 13,797 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.58 | 10 | 5.76 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.89 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE LA FONTAINE FLEURIE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LE PIN RELAIS FONTAINE FLEURIE RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LE PIN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (GODIN KATY). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | LE RELAIS DE LA FONTAINE FLEURIE | 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 PRIVEE NOTRE DAME | 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 | LE PIN RELAIS FONTAINE FLEURIE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LE PIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | GODIN KATY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 1,059 (2012) → 1,091 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,014 (1990) → 1,091 (2023): 7.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 527, of which 1.1 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Pin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Combrand): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Cerizay): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Cerizay): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Le Pin): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CIRIERE weather station, 4.1 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 184 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 10.8 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 956 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CIRIERE, 4.1 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
56 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 140,348 € — 1,013 € 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 — 79210/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79210/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79210/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79210/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79210
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79096
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79062
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gué-d'Alleré | 17 | 77 km S | 1,113 | 35.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 % |
| Chazé-sur-Argos | 49 | 86 km N | 1,086 | 32.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 % |
| Villiers-Charlemagne | 53 | 118 km N | 1,109 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Ventes | 27 | 266 km NE | 1,052 | 29.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marçay | 86 | 81 km SE | 1,107 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chanos-Curson | 26 | 475 km SE | 1,196 | 39.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gué-d'Alleré | 17 | 77 km S | 1,113 | 35.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 % |
| Marçay | 86 | 81 km SE | 1,107 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chazé-sur-Argos | 49 | 86 km N | 1,086 | 32.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 % |
| Villiers-Charlemagne | 53 | 118 km N | 1,109 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Ventes | 27 | 266 km NE | 1,052 | 29.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chanos-Curson | 26 | 475 km SE | 1,196 | 39.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 100 % · 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 Le Pin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villiers-Charlemagne | 53 | 118 km N | 1,109 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marçay | 86 | 81 km SE | 1,107 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boismé | 79 | 19 km SE | 1,176 | 27.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fougeré | 85 | 49 km SW | 1,240 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ménil | 53 | 102 km N | 923 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valherbasse | 26 | 482 km E | 1,005 | 32.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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