Secondigny

Deux-Sèvres · CC de Parthenay-Gâtine · INSEE 79311

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

Partly served 56.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Secondigny (INSEE 79311) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 1,765 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79311-secondigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 10,449 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.43	10	4.26
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (POMME DE PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL GEFFRE-BELLOIN). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (SARL BODIN ET COMPAGNIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (EURL GEFFARD BRUNO). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES TERRASSES DU LAC · LE SNACK DES AIFFRES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'ECU DE FRANCE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS MERLE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERTIN ATCHE, MÉDECIN · JEAN BERTHIN TIDA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SECONDIGNY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SECONDIGNY · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (STUDIO 9 · MUMU D.COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (L'ECU DE FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MOULIN DES EFFRES). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	POMME DE PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL GEFFRE-BELLOIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SARL BODIN ET COMPAGNIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	EURL GEFFARD BRUNO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LES TERRASSES DU LAC · LE SNACK DES AIFFRES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'ECU DE FRANCE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE LOUIS MERLE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BERTIN ATCHE, MÉDECIN · JEAN BERTHIN TIDA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SECONDIGNY LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SECONDIGNY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SECONDIGNY · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	5	STUDIO 9 · MUMU D.COIFF	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	L'ECU DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE MOULIN DES EFFRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,062 2023: 1,765 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,816 (2012) → 1,765 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,907 (1990) → 1,765 (2023): -7.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,012, of which 3.9 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.8 km NE 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 (Secondigny): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Secondigny): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Secondigny): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aubin-le-Cloud): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Secondigny): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 47.5

Muggy days a summer 3.7

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SECONDIGNY weather station, 1.6 km away at 198 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VERNOUX STNA, 8.5 km away at 202 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,103 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SECONDIGNY, 1.6 km away at 198 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79311/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/4a0c08ff-314f-37e2-a582-b836de007466— “Marché hebdomadaire de Secondigny (vendredi après-midi).”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79311/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79311/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79311/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79311
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79239
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
Licques	62	495 km N	1,679	51.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Tilly-sur-Seulles	14	286 km N	1,800	60.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Charleval	27	335 km NE	1,701	59.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Réguiny	56	232 km NW	1,955	58.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Plouzévédé	29	354 km NW	1,897	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Bosc-le-Hard	76	356 km N	1,611	65.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Réguiny	56	232 km NW	1,955	58.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Tilly-sur-Seulles	14	286 km N	1,800	60.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Charleval	27	335 km NE	1,701	59.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Plouzévédé	29	354 km NW	1,897	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Bosc-le-Hard	76	356 km N	1,611	65.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Licques	62	495 km N	1,679	51.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · 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 Secondigny'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
Vendeuvre-sur-Barse	10	409 km NE	2,225	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Lusigny-sur-Barse	10	397 km NE	2,267	61.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Estissac	10	367 km NE	1,763	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Les Aix-d'Angillon	18	236 km E	1,877	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Revigny-sur-Ornain	55	474 km NE	2,499	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Pargny-sur-Saulx	51	461 km NE	1,654	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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