Vernoux-en-Gâtine

Deux-Sèvres · CC de Parthenay-Gâtine · INSEE 79342

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

Few services 38/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vernoux-en-Gâtine (INSEE 79342) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC de Parthenay-Gâtine. Population 592 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/79342-vernoux-en-gatine

Vitality score

Vitality score 38/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,156 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.37
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.61

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 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ECHO PAIN D'ABORD · LES DELICES DE VERNOUX). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE DRAGON · LA PETITE NOISETTE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT LOUIS). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VERNOUX EN GATINE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VERNOUX-EN-GÂTINE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	L'ECHO PAIN D'ABORD · LES DELICES DE VERNOUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	2	LE DRAGON · LA PETITE NOISETTE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT LOUIS	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	1	VERNOUX EN GATINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VERNOUX-EN-GÂTINE	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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 998 2023: 592 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 581 (2012) → 592 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 707 (1990) → 592 (2023): -16.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 388, of which 13.9 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 5.0 km WFood shop — 5.6 km W 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 (Vernoux-en-Gâtine): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Absie): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Absie): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (L'Absie): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vernoux-en-Gâtine): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.2

Days at or below 0 °C 38.3

Muggy days a summer 3.7

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VERNOUX STNA weather station, 1.1 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VERNOUX STNA, 1.1 km away at 202 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,138 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VERNOUX STNA, 1.1 km away at 202 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79342/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79342/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79342/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79342/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79342
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79001
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
Eyburie	19	211 km SE	486	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Montpezat	47	267 km S	566	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux	01	433 km E	580	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 66 %
Le Fay	71	446 km E	616	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Boisset	15	298 km SE	665	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Illifaut	22	218 km NW	706	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Eyburie	19	211 km SE	486	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Illifaut	22	218 km NW	706	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 88 %
Montpezat	47	267 km S	566	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Boisset	15	298 km SE	665	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux	01	433 km E	580	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 66 %
Le Fay	71	446 km E	616	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · 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 Vernoux-en-Gâtine'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
Eyburie	19	211 km SE	486	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	141 km E	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sillars	86	101 km E	584	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mosnay	36	163 km E	459	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jal	19	216 km SE	594	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Verosvres	71	380 km E	423	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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