Sansais

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79304

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sansais (INSEE 79304) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 760 (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/79304-sansais

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 15,973 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	6.05
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 (LA VIEILLE AUBERGE). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (JULIE R). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA VIEILLE AUBERGE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ILOT DU CHAIL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1	LA VIEILLE AUBERGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	1	SANSAIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	JULIE R	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LA VIEILLE AUBERGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING L'ILOT DU CHAIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 510 peak 2012: 771 2023: 760 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 771 (2012) → 760 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 688 (1990) → 760 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 393, of which 9.7 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.1 km SEFood shop — 4.1 km SEGP — 4.3 km SEPharmacy — 4.4 km SE 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): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sansais): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PRIN-DEYRANCON weather station, 7.1 km away at 14 m; the village itself is at 24 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 15 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PRIN-DEYRANCON, 7.1 km away at 14 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 — 79304/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79304/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79304/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79304/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79304
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
Pouzilhac	30	475 km SE	756	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe	40	302 km S	740	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Bonnac	09	386 km SE	801	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Rouessé-Vassé	72	212 km N	785	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Loisy	71	432 km E	693	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Bec-de-Mortagne	76	389 km N	703	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouessé-Vassé	72	212 km N	785	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe	40	302 km S	740	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Bonnac	09	386 km SE	801	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Bec-de-Mortagne	76	389 km N	703	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 77 %
Loisy	71	432 km E	693	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Pouzilhac	30	475 km SE	756	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Sansais'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
Pierreclos	71	405 km E	846	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Marnay	86	72 km E	713	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Tourriers	16	80 km SE	802	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Moulidars	16	80 km SE	662	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain	37	153 km NE	745	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villemaréchal	77	342 km NE	1,055	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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