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Dienné

Vienne · CC des Vallées du Clain · INSEE 86094

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dienné (INSEE 86094) is in Vienne (86), part of CC des Vallées du Clain. Population 581 (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/86094-dienne

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,255 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8754.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUX DEFIS GOURMANDS). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUISE ET ALBERT...). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE DIENNÉ). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU DOMAINE DE DIENNE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1AUX DEFIS GOURMANDSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUISE ET ALBERT...INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE DIENNÉINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING DU DOMAINE DE DIENNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 275 2023: 581 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 536 (2012) → 581 (2023): 8.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 339 (1990) → 581 (2023): 71.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 6.3 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.9 km E (Lhommaizé)Food shop — 4.6 km NW (Fleuré)GP — 4.8 km SE (Verrières)Pharmacy — 4.8 km SE (Verrières)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km EFood shop — 4.6 km NWGP — 4.8 km SEPharmacy — 4.8 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 (Lhommaizé): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fleuré): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Verrières): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Verrières): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Dienné): 0 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the VERNON weather station, 5.4 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 111 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC, 17.1 km away at 122 m, over 12 summers. [12]

An average of 809 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at VERNON, 5.4 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 158,000 € — 872 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Vienne is 1,168 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86094/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86094/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86094/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86094/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86131
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86099
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86285
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86094
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Contigny03212 km E57328.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bouillé-Courdault8595 km W59532.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Hagetaubin64339 km S56831Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 7 %
Roullens11389 km S58833.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
La Grève-sur-Mignon17103 km W57733.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Tancon71286 km E57030.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouillé-Courdault8595 km W59532.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
La Grève-sur-Mignon17103 km W57733.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Contigny03212 km E57328.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tancon71286 km E57030.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Hagetaubin64339 km S56831Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 7 %
Roullens11389 km S58833.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · 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 Dienné'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Contigny03212 km E57328.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chaintré71324 km E56933.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Julienne16102 km SW56033.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Puyréaux1670 km S58234.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Les Haies69341 km E72330.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Faye1656 km SW61730.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %