Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay

Deux-Sèvres · CC du Thouarsais · INSEE 79277

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay (INSEE 79277) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC du Thouarsais. Population 1,030 (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 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 14,135 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	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.74	10	7.35
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PETIT PANIER · LE CELLIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (GUINGUETTE LA BALLU · LE COX IN HELL CONSTITUTION). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JOSEPH DUFOURNET). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST MARTIN DE SANZAY AP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	2	AU PETIT PANIER · LE CELLIER	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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	2	GUINGUETTE LA BALLU · LE COX IN HELL CONSTITUTION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JOSEPH DUFOURNET	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	1	ST MARTIN DE SANZAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 956 peak 2017: 1,085 2023: 1,030 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,006 (2012) → 1,030 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 834 (1990) → 1,030 (2023): 23.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 525, of which 15.8 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.5 km WFood shop — 5.5 km WGP — 5.6 km NWPharmacy — 5.8 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 (Loretz-d'Argenton): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loretz-d'Argenton): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Puy-Notre-Dame): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Puy-Notre-Dame): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.9

Days at or below 0 °C 42.4

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOUILLE-LORETZ weather station, 7.2 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[11]

An average of 605 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOUILLE-LORETZ, 7.2 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79277/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79277/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79277/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79277/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79277
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
Herm	40	372 km S	1,185	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Dialan sur Chaîne	14	219 km N	1,006	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 80 %
Conteville	27	264 km N	1,038	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 73 %
Moustey	40	306 km S	798	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 84 %
Tracy-sur-Loire	58	237 km E	975	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 100 %
La Chapelle-de-Brain	35	148 km NW	1,114	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-de-Brain	35	148 km NW	1,114	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 78 %
Dialan sur Chaîne	14	219 km N	1,006	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 80 %
Tracy-sur-Loire	58	237 km E	975	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 100 %
Conteville	27	264 km N	1,038	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 73 %
Moustey	40	306 km S	798	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 84 %
Herm	40	372 km S	1,185	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %

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Elsewhere

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