Le Retail
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Retail (INSEE 79226) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 276 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/79226-le-retail
Vitality score
Vitality score 9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 5 % of the 17,623 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.39 | 10 | 3.9 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.72 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| 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 278 (2012) → 276 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 310 (1990) → 276 (2023): -11 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 12.8 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Secondigny): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fenioux): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Secondigny): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Mazières-en-Gâtine): 10.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Fenioux): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SECONDIGNY weather station, 4.9 km away at 198 m; the village itself is at 196 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VERNOUX STNA, 10 km away at 202 m, over 11 summers. [11]
An average of 1,103 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SECONDIGNY, 4.9 km away at 198 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 82,400 € — 795 € 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 — 79226/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79226/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79226/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79226/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79311
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79119
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79172
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauche | 28 | 259 km NE | 279 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Georges-Blancaneix | 24 | 193 km S | 275 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 % |
| Montesquieu-Avantès | 09 | 414 km S | 263 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Boschet | 77 | 378 km NE | 257 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Salon | 24 | 196 km SE | 261 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Priest-la-Plaine | 23 | 164 km E | 258 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Priest-la-Plaine | 23 | 164 km E | 258 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Georges-Blancaneix | 24 | 193 km S | 275 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 % |
| Salon | 24 | 196 km SE | 261 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beauche | 28 | 259 km NE | 279 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Boschet | 77 | 378 km NE | 257 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montesquieu-Avantès | 09 | 414 km S | 263 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · 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 Le Retail'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montesquieu-Avantès | 09 | 414 km S | 263 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maison-Feyne | 23 | 164 km E | 283 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brizay | 37 | 88 km NE | 256 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courcoué | 37 | 83 km NE | 235 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sérigny | 86 | 72 km NE | 315 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Guilly | 36 | 175 km E | 234 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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