Rom

Deux-Sèvres · CC Mellois en Poitou · INSEE 79230

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rom (INSEE 79230) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 802 (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/79230-rom

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 15,648 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.46	10	4.63
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT ROMAIN). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ROM LPR RP). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (BALOGE COLINE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE BISTROT ROMAIN	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE ROM	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	ROM LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	BALOGE COLINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,162 2023: 802 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 896 (2012) → 802 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 833 (1990) → 802 (2023): -3.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 483, of which 13.5 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 4.9 km EBakery — 5.0 km EFood shop — 5.0 km EGP — 5.3 km E 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 (Valence-en-Poitou): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valence-en-Poitou): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Valence-en-Poitou): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Valence-en-Poitou): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rom): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25

Days at or below 0 °C 44.8

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 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LEZAY weather station, 10.5 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 119 m. ^[10]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LEZAY, 10.5 km away at 128 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 — 79230/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79230/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79230/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79230/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79230
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
Pionnat	23	148 km E	721	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Sillars	86	52 km E	584	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Neuvic-Entier	87	132 km SE	865	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 78 %
Mont-Saint-Jean	72	218 km N	628	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 77 %
Cuguen	35	275 km NW	828	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 96 %
Colombiès	12	278 km SE	884	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sillars	86	52 km E	584	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Neuvic-Entier	87	132 km SE	865	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 78 %
Pionnat	23	148 km E	721	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Mont-Saint-Jean	72	218 km N	628	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 77 %
Cuguen	35	275 km NW	828	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 96 %
Colombiès	12	278 km SE	884	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %

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