Coussay-les-Bois
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Coussay-les-Bois (INSEE 86086) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 919 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 41/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 14,853 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 | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.68 | 10 | 6.8 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL D'ANTAN). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LA GRANGE · CHARLES-LIVRAISON · BAIREST). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE COUSSAY-LES-BOIS). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (COUSSAY LES BOIS AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL D'ANTAN | 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 | 3 | LA GRANGE · CHARLES-LIVRAISON · BAIREST | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE COUSSAY-LES-BOIS | 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 | COUSSAY LES BOIS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 922 (2012) → 919 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 779 (1990) → 919 (2023): 18 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 542, of which 12 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Coussay-les-Bois): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Roche-Posay): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Roche-Posay): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Roche-Posay): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Coussay-les-Bois): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LESIGNY weather station, 5.2 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 79 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ARCHIGNY, 14.5 km away at 138 m, over 20 summers. [10]
That station sits 59 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ROCHE-POSAY Cou, 3.1 km away at 130 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 — 86086/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86086/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86086/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86086/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86086
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86207
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lhommaizé | 86 | 43 km S | 898 | 41.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chambost-Longessaigne | 69 | 302 km E | 930 | 40.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sargé-sur-Braye | 41 | 124 km N | 945 | 38.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vanosc | 07 | 343 km SE | 907 | 42.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Fougerêts | 56 | 246 km NW | 970 | 41.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rochefort-en-Yvelines | 78 | 219 km NE | 910 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lhommaizé | 86 | 43 km S | 898 | 41.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sargé-sur-Braye | 41 | 124 km N | 945 | 38.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rochefort-en-Yvelines | 78 | 219 km NE | 910 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Fougerêts | 56 | 246 km NW | 970 | 41.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chambost-Longessaigne | 69 | 302 km E | 930 | 40.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vanosc | 07 | 343 km SE | 907 | 42.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Coussay-les-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménil | 53 | 152 km NW | 923 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Condeissiat | 01 | 340 km E | 839 | 45.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champlost | 89 | 258 km NE | 767 | 35.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villandry | 37 | 62 km N | 1,143 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marçay | 86 | 55 km SW | 1,107 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ville-sous-la-Ferté | 10 | 337 km NE | 906 | 37.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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