Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79274

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

No daily shops 16.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon (INSEE 79274) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 325 (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 16.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 17,997 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.44	10	4.37
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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: 341 peak 1990: 347 2023: 325 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 340 (2012) → 325 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 347 (1990) → 325 (2023): -6.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 8.4 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 2.1 km SBakery — 5.4 km WGP — 6.8 km SWPharmacy — 7.1 km SW 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 (Louzy): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thouars): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Thouars): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the THOUARS-STNA weather station, 7.4 km away at 81 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[12]

An average of 584 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at THOUARS-STNA, 7.4 km away at 81 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 — 79274/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79274/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79274/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79274/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79274
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79265
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
Escombres-et-le-Chesnois	08	488 km NE	342	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 42 %
Bertrimoutier	88	555 km E	315	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 32 %
Santeuil	28	206 km NE	324	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Pronville-en-Artois	62	420 km NE	307	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 91 %
Envronville	76	300 km N	367	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 84 %
Maynal	39	424 km E	322	16.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Santeuil	28	206 km NE	324	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Envronville	76	300 km N	367	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 84 %
Pronville-en-Artois	62	420 km NE	307	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 91 %
Maynal	39	424 km E	322	16.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 43 %
Escombres-et-le-Chesnois	08	488 km NE	342	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 42 %
Bertrimoutier	88	555 km E	315	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 32 %

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