Saint Maurice Étusson

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Bocage Bressuirais · INSEE 79280

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

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint Maurice Étusson (INSEE 79280) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 895 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Étusson (79113). ^[3]

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/79280-saint-maurice-etusson

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 14,992 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	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.13
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE CLUED'O). ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST MAURICE LA FOUGEREUSE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MAURICE-ETUSSON). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA RAUDIÈRE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Café / bar	1	LE CLUED'O	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	ST MAURICE LA FOUGEREUSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MAURICE-ETUSSON	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA RAUDIÈRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,254 2023: 895 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 896 (2012) → 895 (2023): -0.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 980 (1990) → 895 (2023): -8.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 453, of which 4.4 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.9 km NWBakery — 7.0 km SEPharmacy — 7.1 km SEGP — 7.2 km SE 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 (Argentonnay): 7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Paul-du-Bois): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Argentonnay): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Argentonnay): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint Maurice Étusson): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.6

Days at or below 0 °C 44.2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NUEIL-LES-AUBIERS weather station, 11.8 km away at 118 m; the village itself is at 132 m. ^[12]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SANZAY, 9.9 km away at 128 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 — 79280/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79280/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79280/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79280/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79013
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79280
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
Thourie	35	117 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Colombiès	12	372 km SE	884	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Donnezac	33	199 km S	926	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Landes	53	143 km N	923	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Durfort-Lacapelette	82	342 km SE	840	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 86 %
Muel	35	173 km NW	927	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thourie	35	117 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Landes	53	143 km N	923	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Muel	35	173 km NW	927	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Donnezac	33	199 km S	926	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 96 %
Durfort-Lacapelette	82	342 km SE	840	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 86 %
Colombiès	12	372 km SE	884	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %

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Elsewhere

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