Blanzay

Vienne · CC du Civraisien en Poitou · INSEE 86029

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

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blanzay (INSEE 86029) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Civraisien en Poitou. Population 819 (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/86029-blanzay

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 15,511 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.52	10	5.19
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL RESTAURANT LES DROLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BLANZAY). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BLANZAY AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER D'LN). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SARL RESTAURANT LES DROLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BLANZAY	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	BLANZAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	L'ATELIER D'LN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

1968: 989 2023: 819 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 815 (2012) → 819 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 804 (1990) → 819 (2023): 1.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 507, of which 20.7 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.1 km SEPharmacy — 6.2 km SEGP — 6.4 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 (Blanzay): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Savigné): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Savigné): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Savigné): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Blanzay): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.5

Days at or below 0 °C 35.7

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CIVRAY weather station, 5.5 km away at 143 m; the village itself is at 133 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CIVRAY, 5.5 km away at 143 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CIVRAY, 5.5 km away at 143 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 — 86029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86255
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
Parly	89	292 km NE	817	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Champsac	87	78 km SE	702	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Le Busseau	79	78 km NW	734	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur	71	390 km E	641	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 58 %
Sanvensa	12	254 km SE	643	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Champagnac-la-Rivière	87	75 km SE	603	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champagnac-la-Rivière	87	75 km SE	603	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Champsac	87	78 km SE	702	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Le Busseau	79	78 km NW	734	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Sanvensa	12	254 km SE	643	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Parly	89	292 km NE	817	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur	71	390 km E	641	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 58 %

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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 Blanzay'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
Assais-les-Jumeaux	79	70 km N	763	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bossay-sur-Claise	37	89 km NE	733	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sépeaux-Saint Romain	89	297 km NE	506	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beugnon-Thireuil	79	74 km NW	735	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Archigny	86	61 km NE	1,058	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Tréal	56	262 km NW	699	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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