Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79258

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

No daily shops 18.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars (INSEE 79258) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 421 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 18.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,948 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	0.49	10	4.88
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (BRIGITTE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BRIGITTE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 377 peak 2012: 466 2023: 421 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 466 (2012) → 421 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 426 (1990) → 421 (2023): -1.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 2.2 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km SEFood shop — 1.0 km EBakery — 1.5 km NPharmacy — 1.5 km NGP — 2.0 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 (Thouars): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Thouars): 1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thouars): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Thouars): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Thouars): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 33.8

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THOUARS-STNA weather station, 2.9 km away at 81 m; the village itself is at 104 m. ^[10]

An average of 584 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at THOUARS-STNA, 2.9 km away at 81 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 — 79258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79259
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
Chas	63	302 km SE	361	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Marchezais	28	239 km NE	413	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
La Trinité-de-Thouberville	27	279 km N	409	14.6	No daily shops	no figures
Lupcourt	54	516 km NE	428	17.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 64 %
Burey	27	241 km N	410	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
Séry-lès-Mézières	02	412 km NE	601	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marchezais	28	239 km NE	413	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
Burey	27	241 km N	410	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
La Trinité-de-Thouberville	27	279 km N	409	14.6	No daily shops	no figures
Chas	63	302 km SE	361	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Séry-lès-Mézières	02	412 km NE	601	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Lupcourt	54	516 km NE	428	17.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 64 %

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