Romans

Deux-Sèvres · CC Haut Val de Sèvre · INSEE 79231

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

Few services 24.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Romans (INSEE 79231) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 690 (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/79231-romans

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 16,465 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.99	10	9.87
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 481 peak 2012: 726 2023: 690 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 726 (2012) → 690 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 464 (1990) → 690 (2023): 48.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 305, of which 5.6 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.1 km NEFood shop — 4.3 km SGP — 4.7 km NPharmacy — 5.2 km N 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 (Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prailles-La Couarde): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Azay-le-Brûlé): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Azay-le-Brûlé): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Romans): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.4

Days at or below 0 °C 29.1

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT-MAIXENT-L-ECOLE_SAPC weather station, 6.5 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 14.1 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 57 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 933 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAIXENT-L EC, 6.1 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79231/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79231/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79231/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79231/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79231
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
Esbarres	21	423 km E	689	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Vendrest	77	388 km NE	686	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Perdreauville	78	321 km NE	701	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-de-Livet	14	304 km N	688	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Hélène-Bondeville	76	383 km N	681	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 85 %
Mézières-sous-Lavardin	72	201 km N	676	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mézières-sous-Lavardin	72	201 km N	676	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-de-Livet	14	304 km N	688	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Perdreauville	78	321 km NE	701	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Hélène-Bondeville	76	383 km N	681	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 85 %
Vendrest	77	388 km NE	686	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Esbarres	21	423 km E	689	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · 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 Romans'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
Épieds	49	88 km N	711	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Petosse	85	54 km W	688	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marcillé	79	21 km S	725	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Faye-sur-Ardin	79	24 km NW	667	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Brillouet	85	62 km W	616	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue	79	17 km SW	806	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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