Villefollet
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villefollet (INSEE 79348) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 203 (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/79348-villefollet
Vitality score
Vitality score 9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 16,001 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.14 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (CORDEBOEUF LORE). [3]
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
| 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | CORDEBOEUF LORE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 199 (2012) → 203 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 222 (1990) → 203 (2023): -8.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 128, of which 14.8 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Brioux-sur-Boutonne): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Brioux-sur-Boutonne): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Brioux-sur-Boutonne): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Brioux-sur-Boutonne): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Brioux-sur-Boutonne): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BRIOUX-SUR-BOUT weather station, 4.1 km away at 64 m; the village itself is at 53 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MELLE, 15 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 83 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 863 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BRIOUX-SUR-BOUT, 4.1 km away at 64 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79348/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79348/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79348/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79348/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79057
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisy-sous-Thil | 21 | 374 km NE | 200 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Brainans | 39 | 458 km E | 200 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Léry | 56 | 265 km NW | 210 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Étrochey | 21 | 413 km NE | 203 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Palhers | 48 | 331 km SE | 200 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 31 % · humidity 71 % |
| Montgobert | 02 | 436 km NE | 200 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léry | 56 | 265 km NW | 210 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Palhers | 48 | 331 km SE | 200 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 31 % · humidity 71 % |
| Aisy-sous-Thil | 21 | 374 km NE | 200 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Étrochey | 21 | 413 km NE | 203 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montgobert | 02 | 436 km NE | 200 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Brainans | 39 | 458 km E | 200 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Villefollet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diant | 77 | 344 km NE | 194 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nachamps | 17 | 30 km SW | 206 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nanclars | 16 | 49 km SE | 211 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champagné-le-Sec | 86 | 36 km E | 215 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Omex | 65 | 339 km S | 217 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Poisieux | 18 | 207 km NE | 216 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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