Souvigné

Deux-Sèvres · CC Haut Val de Sèvre · INSEE 79319

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

Few services 35.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souvigné (INSEE 79319) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Haut Val de Sèvre. Population 863 (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/79319-souvigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 15,202 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	0.64	10	6.39
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (LA MAISON AUX MILLE PAGES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	LA MAISON AUX MILLE PAGES	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 885 peak 2017: 902 2023: 863 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 878 (2012) → 863 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 758 (1990) → 863 (2023): 13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 435, of which 6.4 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.5 km NFood shop — 3.2 km NPharmacy — 4.4 km NGP — 4.6 km NW 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 (Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Azay-le-Brûlé): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Maixent-l'École): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Souvigné): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.5

Days at or below 0 °C 32

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT-MAIXENT-L-ECOLE_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 136 m. ^[12]

The village sits 53 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MELLE, 15.6 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 933 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAIXENT-L EC, 4.8 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79319/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79319/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79319/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79319/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79270
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79319
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
Faverolles	28	290 km NE	820	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	421 km NE	825	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Cravans	17	96 km SW	845	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Chevroux	01	394 km E	990	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 58 %
Parent	63	277 km E	879	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Bouquehault	62	519 km N	788	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cravans	17	96 km SW	845	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Parent	63	277 km E	879	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Faverolles	28	290 km NE	820	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Chevroux	01	394 km E	990	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 58 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	421 km NE	825	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Bouquehault	62	519 km N	788	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · 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 Souvigné'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
La Foye-Monjault	79	34 km SW	839	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Marigny	79	26 km SW	902	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Eclassan	07	407 km E	1,054	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Xanton-Chassenon	85	40 km W	743	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Asnières-sur-Nouère	16	76 km S	1,272	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Dormelles	77	318 km NE	816	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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