Boivre-la-Vallée
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Boivre-la-Vallée (INSEE 86123) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Haut Poitou. Population 3,024 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 3 former communes: Benassay (86021), La Chapelle-Montreuil (86056), Montreuil-Bonnin (86166). [3]
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/86123-boivre-la-vallee
Vitality score
Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 7,072 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.31 | 20 | 6.15 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.11 | 10 | 1.11 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.68 | 10 | 6.8 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL SIKY · LE FOURNIL DU ROI). [4,5]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [4,5]
1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE LA TANNERIE). [4,5]
2 × Café / bar (LE MONTBEIL). [5]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE DE LA CHAPELLE-MONTREUIL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LAVAUSSEAU · GROUPE SCOLAIRE LOUISE D'AUBERY). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOA FELIX-RAMAROSON, MÉDECIN). [4]
4 × Post office / agence postale (BENASSAY RP · LA CHAPELLE MONTREUIL AP · MONTREUIL BONNIN AP · LAVAUSSEAU AP). [4]
4 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE · BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE BENASSAY). [4]
3 × Hairdresser (NADIA RABIER SOIN DU CHEVEU BIEN-ETRE · MARIA C COIFF'HAIR · SYMPATIF COIFFURE). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LE FOURNIL SIKY · LE FOURNIL DU ROI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | L'AUBERGE DE LA TANNERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE MONTBEIL | INSEE SIRENE 2 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE DE LA CHAPELLE-MONTREUIL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LAVAUSSEAU · GROUPE SCOLAIRE LOUISE D'AUBERY | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | SOA FELIX-RAMAROSON, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 4 | BENASSAY RP · LA CHAPELLE MONTREUIL AP · MONTREUIL BONNIN AP · LAVAUSSEAU AP | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Library | 4 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE · BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE BENASSAY | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | NADIA RABIER SOIN DU CHEVEU BIEN-ETRE · MARIA C COIFF'HAIR · SYMPATIF COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,065 (2012) → 3,024 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,563 (1990) → 3,024 (2023): 18 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,461, of which 3.1 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Boivre-la-Vallée): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Boivre-la-Vallée): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Boivre-la-Vallée): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Latillé): 7 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Boivre-la-Vallée): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BENASSAY_SAPC weather station, 1.9 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 141 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VOUILLE, 13.4 km away at 111 m, over 11 summers. [11]
An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BENASSAY_SAPC, 1.9 km away at 150 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 — 86123/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86123/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86123/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86123/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86123
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 86121
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landaul | 56 | 273 km NW | 2,516 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 72 % |
| Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais | 44 | 148 km NW | 2,396 | 50.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Briscous | 64 | 362 km S | 2,965 | 61.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 % |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | 44 | 187 km NW | 3,063 | 43.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villefranque | 64 | 367 km S | 3,069 | 46.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 % |
| Les Portes du Coglais | 35 | 234 km NW | 2,208 | 47.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais | 44 | 148 km NW | 2,396 | 50.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | 44 | 187 km NW | 3,063 | 43.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Portes du Coglais | 35 | 234 km NW | 2,208 | 47.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
| Landaul | 56 | 273 km NW | 2,516 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 72 % |
| Briscous | 64 | 362 km S | 2,965 | 61.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 % |
| Villefranque | 64 | 367 km S | 3,069 | 46.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 % |
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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 Boivre-la-Vallée'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Branchs | 37 | 91 km NE | 2,637 | 51.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beychac-et-Caillau | 33 | 191 km S | 2,625 | 51.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aigondigné | 79 | 40 km SW | 4,710 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Couffé | 44 | 139 km NW | 2,535 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saché | 37 | 85 km NE | 1,403 | 46.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vouneuil-sur-Vienne | 86 | 40 km NE | 2,277 | 50.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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