Sainte-Néomaye

Deux-Sèvres · CC Haut Val de Sèvre · INSEE 79283

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

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Néomaye (INSEE 79283) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 1,359 (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 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 12,310 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (POLE SPORTIF). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	POLE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 577 peak 2012: 1,362 2023: 1,359 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,362 (2012) → 1,359 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 697 (1990) → 1,359 (2023): 95 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 595, of which 3 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.6 km WBakery — 3.1 km WPharmacy — 3.6 km SWFood shop — 4.1 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 (La Crèche): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Crèche): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Crèche): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Crèche): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Néomaye): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.4

Days at or below 0 °C 29.1

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT-MAIXENT-L-ECOLE_SAPC weather station, 6.6 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 12.2 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 933 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAIXENT-L EC, 6.3 km away at 80 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 — 79283/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79283/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79283/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79283/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79048
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79283
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
Villebret	03	223 km E	1,335	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
La Cerlangue	76	352 km N	1,300	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 89 %
Ailly	27	330 km N	1,234	22	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
La Remuée	76	355 km N	1,277	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 92 %
Marbois	27	295 km N	1,320	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Berneuil	17	85 km S	1,169	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Berneuil	17	85 km S	1,169	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Villebret	03	223 km E	1,335	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Marbois	27	295 km N	1,320	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Ailly	27	330 km N	1,234	22	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
La Cerlangue	76	352 km N	1,300	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 89 %
La Remuée	76	355 km N	1,277	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 92 %

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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 Sainte-Néomaye'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
François	79	6.1 km W	999	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saivres	79	7.1 km N	1,306	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-le-Cloucq	85	40 km W	1,253	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue	79	16 km SW	806	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Auchay-sur-Vendée	85	47 km W	1,122	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan	16	73 km S	1,387	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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