Soudan

Identity

Soudan (INSEE 79316) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 424 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79316-soudan

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,961 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOUDAN LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE SOUDAN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 482 (2012) → 424 (2023): -12 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 306 (1990) → 424 (2023): 38.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 8.1 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Soudan): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Pamproux): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (La Mothe-Saint-Héray): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Nanteuil): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Soudan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the SAINT-MAIXENT-L-ECOLE_SAPC weather station, 7.6 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 156 m. ^[13]

The village sits 73 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-MAIXENT-L-ECOLE_SAPC, 7.6 km away at 83 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

37 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 84,000 € — 818 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Deux-Sèvres is 1,143 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79316/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/f3f22400-d72b-3b08-9110-f68e239ae43d— “Marché de Soudan”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79316/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79316/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79316/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79316
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79201
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79184
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79189
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025