Saint-Symphorien

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79298

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Symphorien (INSEE 79298) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 1,983 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79298-saint-symphorien

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 9,677 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	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	7.97
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE CRESPE). ^[4,3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIQUE LUCAS-GIRARD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT SYMPHARM). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SYMPHORIEN LPAC AP). ^[4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF CHRISTOPHE JAUNET). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	L'AUBERGE DE CRESPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FREDERIQUE LUCAS-GIRARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAINT SYMPHARM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT SYMPHORIEN LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SYMPHORIEN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF CHRISTOPHE JAUNET	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 881 2023: 1,983 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,851 (2012) → 1,983 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,529 (1990) → 1,983 (2023): 29.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 916, of which 1.3 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.5 km NBakery — 3.7 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 (Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bessines): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Symphorien): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Symphorien): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Symphorien): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 34.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NIORT weather station, 9.1 km away at 57 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at NIORT, 9.1 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NIORT, 9.1 km away at 57 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 — 79298/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79298/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79298/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79298/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79034
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79298
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
Flavin	12	327 km SE	2,392	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Sinceny	02	464 km NE	2,005	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-Maurice	29	372 km NW	1,893	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Pontcarré	77	370 km NE	2,136	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lamanon	13	523 km SE	2,097	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Ecques	62	531 km N	2,181	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Flavin	12	327 km SE	2,392	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Pontcarré	77	370 km NE	2,136	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-Maurice	29	372 km NW	1,893	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Sinceny	02	464 km NE	2,005	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lamanon	13	523 km SE	2,097	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Ecques	62	531 km N	2,181	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · 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-Symphorien'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
Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay	85	65 km NW	1,640	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux	86	92 km NE	2,174	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Voulx	77	344 km NE	1,626	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Dettwiller	67	658 km NE	2,558	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Plaimpied-Givaudins	18	239 km E	2,101	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moncé-en-Belin	72	189 km N	3,697	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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