Vasles

Deux-Sèvres · CC de Parthenay-Gâtine · INSEE 79339

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

Partly served 45.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vasles (INSEE 79339) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 1,665 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79339-vasles

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 10,851 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.54	10	5.4
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES 2 FER). ^[4,3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR). ^[4,3]

4 × Restaurant (CANIVET ET ASSOCIES · SAM'S BURGER · SARL STAN · LA REGALADE). ^[4,3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SOEUR EMMANUELLE). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHARLOTTE BUCCO, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU COURJAULT, MÉDECIN · AGNÈS IENNY, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VASLES AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA MAISON DU LIVRE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (DE MECHE AVEC VOUS). ^[4,3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LES 2 FER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	4	CANIVET ET ASSOCIES · SAM'S BURGER · SARL STAN · LA REGALADE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SOEUR EMMANUELLE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CHARLOTTE BUCCO, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU COURJAULT, MÉDECIN · AGNÈS IENNY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VASLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA MAISON DU LIVRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	DE MECHE AVEC VOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,120 2023: 1,665 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,729 (2012) → 1,665 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,601 (1990) → 1,665 (2023): 4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,050, of which 13.4 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 7.8 km E 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 (Boivre-la-Vallée): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vasles): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Vasles): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vasles): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vasles): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MENIGOUTE_SAPC weather station, 9.5 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at THENEZAY STNA, 16.7 km away at 132 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 950 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MENIGOUTE_SAPC, 9.5 km away at 138 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 — 79339/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2025-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/15fec3bf-1df9-3810-a4b1-657251063e84— “Marché hebdomadaire de Vasles (mardi matin).”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79339/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79339/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79339/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79339
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
Varennes-Changy	45	249 km NE	1,503	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Épain	37	76 km NE	1,471	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Merlerault-le-Pin	61	237 km N	1,429	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Biol	38	435 km E	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Berson	33	169 km S	1,846	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Thèreval	50	296 km N	1,775	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Épain	37	76 km NE	1,471	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Berson	33	169 km S	1,846	44.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Merlerault-le-Pin	61	237 km N	1,429	42.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Changy	45	249 km NE	1,503	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Thèreval	50	296 km N	1,775	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Biol	38	435 km E	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · 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 Vasles'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
Quintenas	07	396 km E	1,770	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Eyzin-Pinet	38	407 km E	2,285	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Carsac-Aillac	24	218 km SE	1,586	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Venoy	89	309 km NE	1,741	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Teillé	44	137 km NW	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Magny-Cours	58	245 km E	1,432	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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