Sigournais
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sigournais (INSEE 85282) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Pays de Chantonnay. Population 999 (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/85282-sigournais
Vitality score
Vitality score 59.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 14,330 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.86 | 10 | 8.65 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX SAVEURS SUCRES). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (O P'TIT SIGOURNAIS). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (SARL DU LAC). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE DONJON). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT WOJCIESZKO, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SIGOURNAIS AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SIGOURNAIS). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (SOS COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AUX SAVEURS SUCRES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | O P'TIT SIGOURNAIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | SARL DU LAC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE DONJON | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | VINCENT WOJCIESZKO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | SIGOURNAIS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SIGOURNAIS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | SOS COIFFURE | 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
Population 853 (2012) → 999 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 789 (1990) → 999 (2023): 26.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 458, of which 6.1 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sigournais): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sigournais): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Sigournais): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Sigournais): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CHANTONNAY weather station, 4.9 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 87 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 13.6 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. [10]
That station sits 66 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 895 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHANTONNAY, 4.9 km away at 93 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 — 85282/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85282/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85282/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85282/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85282
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85220
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haut-Mauco | 40 | 322 km S | 1,001 | 46.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 % |
| Bromont-Lamothe | 63 | 308 km E | 1,032 | 47.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Bastide-Clairence | 64 | 365 km S | 1,000 | 49.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 % |
| Chambourg-sur-Indre | 37 | 158 km E | 1,265 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domjean | 50 | 254 km N | 999 | 53.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dangeau | 28 | 239 km NE | 1,259 | 38.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambourg-sur-Indre | 37 | 158 km E | 1,265 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dangeau | 28 | 239 km NE | 1,259 | 38.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Domjean | 50 | 254 km N | 999 | 53.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bromont-Lamothe | 63 | 308 km E | 1,032 | 47.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 % |
| Haut-Mauco | 40 | 322 km S | 1,001 | 46.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 % |
| La Bastide-Clairence | 64 | 365 km S | 1,000 | 49.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 % |
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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 Sigournais'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambourg-sur-Indre | 37 | 158 km E | 1,265 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saché | 37 | 131 km NE | 1,403 | 46.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Menoux | 03 | 317 km E | 1,116 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Régnié-Durette | 69 | 436 km E | 1,151 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Vanneau-Irleau | 79 | 53 km SE | 860 | 50.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sireuil | 16 | 144 km SE | 1,166 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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