Avanton

Vienne · CC du Haut Poitou · INSEE 86016

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

Partly served 40.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avanton (INSEE 86016) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Haut Poitou. Population 2,226 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/86016-avanton

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 8,897 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE CHANT DES BLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CREE ' PIERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LA ROSE DES VENTS). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA ROSE DES VENTS). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MAXIME BERTHONNEAU, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN DE LESTAPIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AVANTON RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'UNIV HAIR DE SEB). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU FUTUR). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE CHANT DES BLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LA CREE ' PIERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LA ROSE DES VENTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA ROSE DES VENTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MAXIME BERTHONNEAU, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN DE LESTAPIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	AVANTON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	L'UNIV HAIR DE SEB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU FUTUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 640 2023: 2,226 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,871 (2012) → 2,226 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,164 (1990) → 2,226 (2023): 91.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 954, of which 0.7 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.9 km S 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 (Avanton): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avanton): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Avanton): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Migné-Auxances): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Avanton): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.9

Days at or below 0 °C 46

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEUVILLE DE POI weather station, 5.6 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at POITIERS-BIARD, 7.7 km away at 125 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NEUVILLE DE POI, 5.6 km away at 110 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 — 86016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86158
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
Faumont	59	471 km NE	2,278	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montagnat	01	386 km E	2,186	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thou	17	114 km SW	2,117	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Wittisheim	67	576 km E	2,085	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Civrieux	01	361 km E	2,016	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Obermodern-Zutzendorf	67	592 km NE	1,774	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Thou	17	114 km SW	2,117	44	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Civrieux	01	361 km E	2,016	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Montagnat	01	386 km E	2,186	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Faumont	59	471 km NE	2,278	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Wittisheim	67	576 km E	2,085	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Obermodern-Zutzendorf	67	592 km NE	1,774	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · 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 Avanton'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
Peschadoires	63	262 km E	2,104	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Truyes	37	79 km NE	2,442	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Avoine	37	61 km N	2,067	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mothern	67	638 km NE	1,939	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bosmie-l'Aiguille	87	122 km SE	2,667	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Roches-Prémarie-Andillé	86	21 km S	2,191	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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