Saint-Généroux

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79252

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

No daily shops 17.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Généroux (INSEE 79252) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 340 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 18,081 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.47	10	4.69
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 2 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel. ^[3]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 369 peak 2012: 373 2023: 340 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 373 (2012) → 340 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 351 (1990) → 340 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 199, of which 11.6 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.0 km NPrimary school — 4.8 km NGP — 6.5 km SBakery — 6.6 km SPharmacy — 6.7 km S 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 (Airvault): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plaine-et-Vallées): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Airvault): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Airvault): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Plaine-et-Vallées): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.4

Days at or below 0 °C 35.5

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GLENAY_SAPC weather station, 9.2 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[10]

The village sits 53 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at THENEZAY STNA, 20 km away at 132 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GLENAY_SAPC, 9.2 km away at 121 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 — 79252/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79252/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79252/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79252/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79196
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
Auvilliers-en-Gâtinais	45	232 km NE	342	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Aclou	27	261 km N	337	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Broyes	51	359 km NE	340	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Réveillon	61	185 km N	349	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Poiseux	58	257 km E	331	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Chevillé	72	118 km N	351	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chevillé	72	118 km N	351	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Réveillon	61	185 km N	349	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Auvilliers-en-Gâtinais	45	232 km NE	342	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Poiseux	58	257 km E	331	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Aclou	27	261 km N	337	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Broyes	51	359 km NE	340	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · 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 Saint-Généroux'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
Vanzy	74	471 km E	351	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Barcelonne	26	460 km SE	335	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme	79	11 km W	407	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cherbonnières	17	104 km S	347	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ports-sur-Vienne	37	55 km E	352	10.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lageon	79	19 km SW	378	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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