Saint-Maxire

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79281

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

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maxire (INSEE 79281) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 1,319 (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/79281-saint-maxire

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 12,567 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.75	10	7.48
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MAXIRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SARL APPARENCE · CHRISTINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MAXIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SARL APPARENCE · CHRISTINE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 672 2023: 1,319 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,142 (2012) → 1,319 (2023): 15.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,057 (1990) → 1,319 (2023): 24.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 610, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.2 km EPharmacy — 4.3 km WBakery — 4.5 km SEGP — 4.6 km E 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 (Échiré): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Échiré): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Échiré): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villiers-en-Plaine): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Maxire): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 19.6

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURIN_SAPC weather station, 6.8 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[11]

The village sits 70 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 11 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SURIN_SAPC, 6.8 km away at 100 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 — 79281/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79281/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79281/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79281/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79351
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79281
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
Poncins	42	366 km E	1,318	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Servaville-Salmonville	76	366 km N	1,111	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Ponts sur Seulles	14	319 km N	1,212	24	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Claix	16	102 km SE	1,049	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Tréglamus	22	319 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Chassenard	03	342 km E	1,023	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Claix	16	102 km SE	1,049	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Ponts sur Seulles	14	319 km N	1,212	24	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Tréglamus	22	319 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Chassenard	03	342 km E	1,023	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Poncins	42	366 km E	1,318	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Servaville-Salmonville	76	366 km N	1,111	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Saint-Maxire's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Néomaye	79	17 km E	1,359	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Brice	16	81 km S	982	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Xanton-Chassenon	85	18 km W	743	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chaudefonds-sur-Layon	49	104 km N	949	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saivres	79	19 km E	1,306	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Granzay-Gript	79	21 km S	933	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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