Saint-Germier

Deux-Sèvres · CC de Parthenay-Gâtine · INSEE 79256

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

Few services 21.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germier (INSEE 79256) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 261 (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/79256-saint-germier

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,386 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	0.77	10	7.67
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.13

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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	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	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: 332 2023: 261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 212 (2012) → 261 (2023): 23.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 206 (1990) → 261 (2023): 26.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 138, of which 8.7 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.0 km NWBakery — 4.2 km NFood shop — 4.2 km NEPharmacy — 4.2 km NWGP — 4.3 km NW 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 (Ménigoute): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sanxay): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ménigoute): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ménigoute): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ménigoute): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

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 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MENIGOUTE_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 171 m. ^[10]

An average of 950 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MENIGOUTE_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 138 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 — 79256/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79256/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79256/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79256/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86253
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
Ceignes	01	427 km E	257	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 61 %
Orignac	65	371 km S	253	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Thoux	32	320 km S	260	28	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 89 %
Chaignes	27	305 km N	270	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
Gapennes	80	439 km N	270	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard	16	114 km S	270	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard	16	114 km S	270	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Chaignes	27	305 km N	270	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
Thoux	32	320 km S	260	28	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 89 %
Orignac	65	371 km S	253	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Ceignes	01	427 km E	257	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 61 %
Gapennes	80	439 km N	270	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %

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