Saint-Rémy

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79293

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

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Rémy (INSEE 79293) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 1,105 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 13,745 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API SAINT-REMY). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SAS LE FLAMBOYANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (SYMBIOSE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT REMY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LES MOTS PASSANTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (O 13 L'ATELIER · MEACOIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	API SAINT-REMY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SAS LE FLAMBOYANT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	SYMBIOSE	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	1	SAINT REMY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LES MOTS PASSANTS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	O 13 L'ATELIER · MEACOIFFURE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 386 2023: 1,105 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,023 (2012) → 1,105 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 703 (1990) → 1,105 (2023): 57.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 482, of which 0.4 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.9 km NBakery — 4.1 km NGP — 5.1 km W 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 (Villiers-en-Plaine): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Rémy): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Benet): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villiers-en-Plaine): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Rémy): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.6

Days at or below 0 °C 23.2

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 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURIN_SAPC weather station, 11.1 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at NIORT, 11.5 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, 11.1 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 — 79293/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79293/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79293/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79293/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79351
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85020
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
Villeneuve-les-Sablons	60	373 km NE	1,196	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Macouba	972	6,576 km W	987	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Pomas	11	425 km SE	1,017	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Corbère-les-Cabanes	66	485 km SE	1,213	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %
Toutlemonde	49	78 km N	1,305	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cormeilles-en-Vexin	95	360 km NE	1,297	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Toutlemonde	49	78 km N	1,305	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cormeilles-en-Vexin	95	360 km NE	1,297	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-les-Sablons	60	373 km NE	1,196	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Pomas	11	425 km SE	1,017	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Corbère-les-Cabanes	66	485 km SE	1,213	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %
Macouba	972	6,576 km W	987	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Rémy'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
Le Langon	85	33 km W	1,045	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vaudelnay	49	89 km N	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clément-des-Levées	49	110 km N	1,128	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sérigné	85	28 km NW	1,048	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Broc	06	668 km E	1,446	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Les Velluire-sur-Vendée	85	29 km W	1,358	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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