Thénezay

Deux-Sèvres · CC de Parthenay-Gâtine · INSEE 79326

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

Few services 38.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thénezay (INSEE 79326) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 1,400 (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/79326-thenezay

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 12,110 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.42	10	4.25
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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) (LA BD DU BLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PROGRES). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CÉCILE SOULON, MÉDECIN · PIERRE VICENS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES MARRONNIERS). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BD DU BLE	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	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE PROGRES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE MARIE-ANTOINE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CÉCILE SOULON, MÉDECIN · PIERRE VICENS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES MARRONNIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	THENEZAY LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL 17-79 · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,673 2023: 1,400 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,433 (2012) → 1,400 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,514 (1990) → 1,400 (2023): -7.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 842, of which 7.6 % second homes and 19.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Thénezay): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thénezay): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Thénezay): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Thénezay): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Thénezay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.7

Days at or below 0 °C 41.2

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the THENEZAY STNA weather station, 0.8 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at THENEZAY STNA, 0.8 km away at 132 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 647 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at THENEZAY STNA, 0.8 km away at 132 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

142 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 75,000 € — 710 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Deux-Sèvres is 1,143 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[10]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79326/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79326/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79326/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79326/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79326
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Saint-Benin-d'Azy	58	262 km E	1,255	41.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Toulon-sur-Arroux	71	318 km E	1,433	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Vernoil-le-Fourrier	49	75 km N	1,366	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Jean-de-Sauves	86	16 km NE	1,281	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac	24	221 km S	1,280	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Bais	53	172 km N	1,222	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-de-Sauves	86	16 km NE	1,281	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Vernoil-le-Fourrier	49	75 km N	1,366	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Bais	53	172 km N	1,222	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac	24	221 km S	1,280	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Benin-d'Azy	58	262 km E	1,255	41.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Toulon-sur-Arroux	71	318 km E	1,433	42	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Thénezay'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
Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux	77	277 km NE	1,274	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pleumartin	86	60 km E	1,214	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Savigné	86	68 km SE	1,256	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Brigueuil	16	109 km SE	1,095	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Riaillé	44	131 km NW	2,365	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse	89	311 km NE	1,396	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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