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Vautebis

Deux-Sèvres · CC de Parthenay-Gâtine · INSEE 79341

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vautebis (INSEE 79341) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 127 (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/79341-vautebis

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 12,697 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.34103.41
Housing mix0.8254.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 220 2023: 127 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 123 (2012) → 127 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 151 (1990) → 127 (2023): -15.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 76, of which 9.2 % second homes and 18.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.1 km NW (Reffannes)Food shop — 5.2 km NW (Beaulieu-sous-Parthenay)Bakery — 5.8 km N (Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux)GP — 8.3 km SE (Ménigoute)Pharmacy — 8.3 km SE (Ménigoute)
Primary school — 3.1 km NWFood shop — 5.2 km NWBakery — 5.8 km NGP — 8.3 km SEPharmacy — 8.3 km SE 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-du-Fouilloux): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Beaulieu-sous-Parthenay): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Ménigoute): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Ménigoute): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Reffannes): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [12]

Measured at the MENIGOUTE_SAPC weather station, 8.2 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 181 m. [12]

An average of 950 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MENIGOUTE_SAPC, 8.2 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79341/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79341/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79341/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79341/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79278
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79029
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79176
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79225
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gergny02482 km NE1278.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 86 %
Cabanac-Cazaux31396 km S12813.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Crécey-sur-Tille21416 km E12711No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 %
Fèrebrianges51396 km NE1278.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Juvigny-en-Perthois55459 km NE12910.4No daily shopsno figures
Montoussin31374 km S12612.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montoussin31374 km S12612.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Cabanac-Cazaux31396 km S12813.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Fèrebrianges51396 km NE1278.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Crécey-sur-Tille21416 km E12711No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 %
Juvigny-en-Perthois55459 km NE12910.4No daily shopsno figures
Gergny02482 km NE1278.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 86 %

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