Sainte-Eanne

Deux-Sèvres · CC Haut Val de Sèvre · INSEE 79246

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

No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Eanne (INSEE 79246) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 580 (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/79246-sainte-eanne

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 17,296 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.43	10	4.25
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

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 1 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]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE-EANNE). ^[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. ^[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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE-EANNE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 532 peak 2012: 651 2023: 580 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 651 (2012) → 580 (2023): -10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 580 (2023): -7.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 298, of which 4.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km NEFood shop — 3.5 km SPharmacy — 3.5 km NWGP — 4.5 km SE 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 (Soudan): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Mothe-Saint-Héray): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Mothe-Saint-Héray): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nanteuil): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainte-Eanne): 0.1 km to the east (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 2.7

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, 6.2 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 122 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MELLE, 18.3 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. ^[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 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 — 79246/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79246/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79246/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79246/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79184
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79246
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
Nonville	77	304 km NE	591	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Boissières	30	450 km SE	588	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Sallespisse	64	323 km S	591	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 %
Gy-les-Nonains	45	284 km NE	604	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Mesnil-Saint-Loup	10	362 km NE	579	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Belgeard	53	209 km N	555	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Belgeard	53	209 km N	555	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Gy-les-Nonains	45	284 km NE	604	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Nonville	77	304 km NE	591	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Sallespisse	64	323 km S	591	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 %
Mesnil-Saint-Loup	10	362 km NE	579	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Boissières	30	450 km SE	588	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Sainte-Eanne'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
Monthoiron	86	68 km NE	673	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Haimps	17	60 km S	448	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Maillé	37	91 km NE	557	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bouillé-Courdault	85	42 km W	595	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Courchamps	49	89 km N	533	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rou-Marson	49	93 km N	638	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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