Gouex

Identity

Gouex (INSEE 86107) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 487 (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/86107-gouex

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,829 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 480 (2012) → 487 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 513 (1990) → 487 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 361, of which 19.9 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Gouex): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mazerolles): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Persac): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Civaux): 8.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTMORILLON weather station, 12.6 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[12]

The village sits 77 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at MONTMORILLON, 12.6 km away at 153 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 77 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LUSSAC-LES-CHAT, 5.1 km away at 103 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86107/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86107/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86107/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86107/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86107
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86153
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86190
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86077
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024