Saivres

Deux-Sèvres · CC Haut Val de Sèvre · INSEE 79302

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saivres (INSEE 79302) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 1,306 (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/79302-saivres

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 12,639 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.62	10	6.24
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CLEAD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	CLEAD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	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

1968: 1,108 peak 2017: 1,461 2023: 1,306 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,417 (2012) → 1,306 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,162 (1990) → 1,306 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 668, of which 4.5 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SWGP — 2.7 km SEPharmacy — 2.9 km S 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 (Saivres): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Azay-le-Brûlé): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Maixent-l'École): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Azay-le-Brûlé): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saivres): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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 1.6

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. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT-MAIXENT-L-ECOLE_SAPC weather station, 2.6 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at NIORT, 18 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 53 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-MAIXENT-L-ECOLE_SAPC, 2.6 km away at 83 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 — 79302/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79302/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79302/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79302/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79302
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79270
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
Eyjeaux	87	145 km SE	1,345	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan	17	111 km S	1,299	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Auchay-sur-Vendée	85	48 km W	1,122	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Duneau	72	191 km N	1,078	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Heudreville-sur-Eure	27	319 km N	1,065	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Sierville	76	364 km N	1,102	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Auchay-sur-Vendée	85	48 km W	1,122	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan	17	111 km S	1,299	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Eyjeaux	87	145 km SE	1,345	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Duneau	72	191 km N	1,078	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Heudreville-sur-Eure	27	319 km N	1,065	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Sierville	76	364 km N	1,102	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · 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 Saivres'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
Auchay-sur-Vendée	85	48 km W	1,122	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Néomaye	79	7.1 km S	1,359	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan	16	80 km S	1,387	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Ouenne	79	16 km W	789	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Savigny-en-Véron	37	90 km N	1,541	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
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 %

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