La Rochénard

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79229

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

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Rochénard (INSEE 79229) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 518 (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/79229-la-rochenard

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,686 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.63	10	6.26
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ALIGATEAUX). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAM AB). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (TERRAIN MULTISPORT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (JASMINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	ALIGATEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MAM AB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	TERRAIN MULTISPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	JASMINE COIFFURE	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

1968: 457 peak 2012: 594 2023: 518 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 594 (2012) → 518 (2023): -12.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 460 (1990) → 518 (2023): 12.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 236, of which 5.1 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km SGP — 2.3 km NPharmacy — 5.7 km NE 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 (La Rochénard): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Rochénard): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Épannes): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PRIN-DEYRANCON weather station, 4.5 km away at 14 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 18.7 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PRIN-DEYRANCON, 4.5 km away at 14 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79229/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79229/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79229/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79229/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79130
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
Pinas	65	353 km S	441	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bazoches-et-Saint-Thibaut	02	466 km NE	516	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Caisnes	60	458 km NE	518	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chadenac	17	75 km S	518	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Espaubourg	60	401 km NE	507	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ligny-Thilloy	62	500 km NE	514	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chadenac	17	75 km S	518	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Pinas	65	353 km S	441	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Espaubourg	60	401 km NE	507	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Caisnes	60	458 km NE	518	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoches-et-Saint-Thibaut	02	466 km NE	516	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ligny-Thilloy	62	500 km NE	514	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · 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 La Rochénard'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
Épineuil	89	393 km NE	508	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-sur-Savasse	26	459 km E	579	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Champlay	89	361 km NE	733	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Moras	38	455 km E	520	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Béon	89	354 km NE	519	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ségry	36	218 km E	484	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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