Gençay

Vienne · CC du Civraisien en Poitou · INSEE 86103

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

Partly served 50/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gençay (INSEE 86103) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Civraisien en Poitou. Population 1,653 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/86103-gencay

Vitality score

Vitality score 50/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 10,901 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.7	10	7.04
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.46
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (LES SAVEURS D'ANTAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU COCHON GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA SOURCE BLEUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LES CHARMILLES). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (CHRITIE ANDREW · CAFE CANTINE DU COMMERCE · ASIAN CORNER · KAP · KATANA CORNER GENCAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROLAND ET JEANNINE HIRSCH DE...). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN JAURES). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE CORNU, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE HEBRAS-LELONG, MÉDECIN · KAREN TÊTÉ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE GUYONNET HUGAULT · PHARMACIE BERNARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE GENCAY). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CINEMA DE GENCAY). ^[3]

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

4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU C · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC MUTUEL). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (PRESTIGE COIFFURE · LES REFLETS D'ELODIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES SAVEURS D'ANTAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AU COCHON GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA SOURCE BLEUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LES CHARMILLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	CHRITIE ANDREW · CAFE CANTINE DU COMMERCE · ASIAN CORNER · KAP · KATANA CORNER GENCAY	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROLAND ET JEANNINE HIRSCH DE...	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	PIERRE CORNU, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE HEBRAS-LELONG, MÉDECIN · KAREN TÊTÉ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE CENTRALE GUYONNET HUGAULT · PHARMACIE BERNARD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE GENCAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CINEMA DE GENCAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COLLEGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE D'EPARGNE AQUITAINE POITOU C · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	4	PRESTIGE COIFFURE · LES REFLETS D'ELODIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,154 peak 2017: 1,737 2023: 1,653 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,735 (2012) → 1,653 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,580 (1990) → 1,653 (2023): 4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,008, of which 2.6 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Gençay): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Gençay): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gençay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.8

Days at or below 0 °C 41.7

Muggy days a summer 3.9

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC weather station, 5.9 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC, 5.9 km away at 122 m, over 12 summers. ^[9]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC, 5.9 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86103/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86103/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86103/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86103/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86103
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
Waldighoffen	68	541 km E	1,558	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Champenoux	54	518 km NE	1,568	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Marnay	70	421 km E	1,528	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Renwez	08	495 km NE	1,656	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 38 % · humidity 71 %
Wœrth	67	619 km NE	1,656	61.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Langoiran	33	196 km S	2,215	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Langoiran	33	196 km S	2,215	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Marnay	70	421 km E	1,528	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Renwez	08	495 km NE	1,656	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 38 % · humidity 71 %
Champenoux	54	518 km NE	1,568	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Waldighoffen	68	541 km E	1,558	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Wœrth	67	619 km NE	1,656	61.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Gençay'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
Cenon-sur-Vienne	86	46 km N	1,666	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chabanais	16	60 km SE	1,589	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cormery	37	105 km N	1,905	60.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Château-la-Vallière	37	131 km N	1,734	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Secondigny	79	68 km NW	1,765	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier	58	212 km E	1,823	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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