Salles

Deux-Sèvres · CC Haut Val de Sèvre · INSEE 79303

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

No daily shops 19.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salles (INSEE 79303) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 323 (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 19.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,939 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.52
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

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 0 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 ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 394 2023: 323 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 348 (2012) → 323 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 307 (1990) → 323 (2023): 5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 4.2 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km SWGP — 2.5 km SBakery — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 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 (La Mothe-Saint-Héray): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Mothe-Saint-Héray): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Mothe-Saint-Héray): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Mothe-Saint-Héray): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Salles): 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 2.7

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, 9.2 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MELLE, 17.2 km away at 136 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, 9 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 — 79303/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79303/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79303/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79303/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79184
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79303
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
Presles-et-Boves	02	432 km NE	320	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Graveron-Sémerville	27	312 km N	322	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Cuvergnon	60	386 km NE	323	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Flipou	27	341 km N	320	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Pierremont	62	479 km N	325	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bosc-Mesnil	76	380 km N	318	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Graveron-Sémerville	27	312 km N	322	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Flipou	27	341 km N	320	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Bosc-Mesnil	76	380 km N	318	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Cuvergnon	60	386 km NE	323	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Presles-et-Boves	02	432 km NE	320	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Pierremont	62	479 km N	325	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Salles'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
Polisot	10	386 km NE	321	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Belvès-de-Castillon	33	168 km S	327	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Juscorps	79	29 km SW	382	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hiis	65	362 km S	268	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chalagnac	24	156 km SE	442	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Geay	79	58 km N	338	10.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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