La Ferrière-Airoux
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Ferrière-Airoux (INSEE 86097) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Civraisien en Poitou. Population 334 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 42 % of the 18,024 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.89 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.17 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE FOUR A ROULETTES). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | LE FOUR A ROULETTES | 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 344 (2012) → 334 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 281 (1990) → 334 (2023): 18.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 8.3 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Champagné-Saint-Hilaire): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sommières-du-Clain): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Sommières-du-Clain): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Sommières-du-Clain): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Magné): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC weather station, 1.5 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 126 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC, 1.5 km away at 122 m, over 12 summers. [11]
An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC, 1.5 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86097/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86097/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86097/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86097/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86052
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86264
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86141
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valforêt | 21 | 357 km E | 331 | 23.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mantenay-Montlin | 01 | 361 km E | 331 | 21.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 72 % |
| Anzex | 47 | 227 km S | 332 | 21 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fieux | 47 | 248 km S | 323 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sigalens | 33 | 211 km S | 342 | 23.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sallen | 14 | 324 km N | 322 | 22.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigalens | 33 | 211 km S | 342 | 23.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Anzex | 47 | 227 km S | 332 | 21 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fieux | 47 | 248 km S | 323 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sallen | 14 | 324 km N | 322 | 22.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Valforêt | 21 | 357 km E | 331 | 23.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mantenay-Montlin | 01 | 361 km E | 331 | 21.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 72 % |
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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 La Ferrière-Airoux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basses | 86 | 83 km N | 344 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plagnole | 31 | 327 km S | 348 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montredon | 46 | 236 km SE | 300 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champniers | 86 | 12 km S | 358 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Braslou | 37 | 76 km N | 319 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nonac | 16 | 103 km S | 266 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
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