Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine (INSEE 79286) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 501 (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 9.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 2 % of the 17,755 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.84 |
| Housing mix | 0.72 | 5 | 3.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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 | 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) | 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 | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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
Population 461 (2012) → 501 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 509 (1990) → 501 (2023): -1.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 287, of which 13.9 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Busseau): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (L'Absie): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (L'Absie): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (L'Absie): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (L'Absie): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SCILLE weather station, 4 km away at 247 m; the village itself is at 181 m. [10]
The village sits 66 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at SCILLE, 4 km away at 247 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 66 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SCILLE, 4 km away at 247 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 — 79286/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79286/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79286/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79286/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79059
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79001
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-de-Montbron | 16 | 138 km SE | 500 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coulonges-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 225 km N | 480 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aulnay-la-Rivière | 45 | 285 km NE | 511 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 % |
| Celles-sur-Ource | 10 | 411 km NE | 490 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gerbaix | 73 | 503 km E | 461 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Loup | 82 | 306 km SE | 531 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 81 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-de-Montbron | 16 | 138 km SE | 500 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coulonges-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 225 km N | 480 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aulnay-la-Rivière | 45 | 285 km NE | 511 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 % |
| Saint-Loup | 82 | 306 km SE | 531 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 81 % |
| Celles-sur-Ource | 10 | 411 km NE | 490 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gerbaix | 73 | 503 km E | 461 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 1 % · 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-Paul-en-Gâtine'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trizay-Coutretot-Saint-Serge | 28 | 216 km NE | 430 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cauvicourt | 14 | 270 km N | 564 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Scillé | 79 | 5.9 km SE | 365 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pezé-le-Robert | 72 | 179 km N | 343 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mutrécy | 14 | 271 km N | 593 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontaine-sur-Somme | 80 | 422 km NE | 502 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
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