Vallans

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79335

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vallans (INSEE 79335) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 840 (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/79335-vallans

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 15,364 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (TON AIR DE BREST). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALLANS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BROSSARD MAITE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	TON AIR DE BREST	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE TEURTOUS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALLANS	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	1	BROSSARD MAITE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 371 2023: 840 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 787 (2012) → 840 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 538 (1990) → 840 (2023): 56.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 381, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km SWFood shop — 2.7 km WGP — 2.8 km NWPharmacy — 3.9 km N 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 (La Rochénard): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Rochénard): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Épannes): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vallans): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the PRIN-DEYRANCON weather station, 6.9 km away at 14 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NIORT, 16.3 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PRIN-DEYRANCON, 6.9 km away at 14 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 — 79335/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79335/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79335/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79335/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79335
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
Sorde-l'Abbaye	40	301 km S	645	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Longroy	76	447 km N	637	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 85 %
Ville	60	454 km NE	741	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Izel-lès-Hameau	62	510 km NE	742	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Seninghem	62	534 km N	685	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Cornille	24	149 km SE	687	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cornille	24	149 km SE	687	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Sorde-l'Abbaye	40	301 km S	645	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Longroy	76	447 km N	637	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 85 %
Ville	60	454 km NE	741	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Izel-lès-Hameau	62	510 km NE	742	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Seninghem	62	534 km N	685	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Vallans'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
Rochefort-Samson	26	465 km E	1,084	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Félix	46	274 km SE	511	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Foye-Monjault	79	3.1 km S	839	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Tramolé	38	457 km E	810	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Marsac	16	71 km SE	742	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villemer	77	345 km NE	759	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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