Reffannes

Identity

Reffannes (INSEE 79225) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 386 (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/79225-reffannes

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 18,020 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE DIX VINGT). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AU PARADIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (REFFANNES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BRIN DE LECTURE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 366 (2012) → 386 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 386 (2023): 18.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 3.5 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaulieu-sous-Parthenay): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mazières-en-Gâtine): 10 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Verruyes): 8.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Reffannes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LA TOUCHE STNA weather station, 10.1 km away at 129 m; the village itself is at 194 m. ^[13]

The village sits 65 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

An average of 1,058 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-GEORGES-DE-N, 8.2 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

38 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 60,000 € — 567 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Deux-Sèvres is 1,143 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79225/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79225/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79225/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79225/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79278
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79029
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79172
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79345
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79225
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025