Lavoux

Vienne · CU du Grand Poitiers · INSEE 86124

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavoux (INSEE 86124) is in Vienne (86), part of CU du Grand Poitiers. Population 1,192 (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/86124-lavoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 13,248 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.53
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (LE FOURNIL DE LAVOUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE NABOUR CHRISTOPHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (M&Y). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (TOUT PRES DE CHEZ VOUS). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MILLE ET UNE BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE LAVOUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE NABOUR CHRISTOPHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	M&Y	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	TOUT PRES DE CHEZ VOUS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LAVOUX	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LAVOUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MILLE ET UNE BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 637 2023: 1,192 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,124 (2012) → 1,192 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 881 (1990) → 1,192 (2023): 35.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 544, of which 3.3 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.9 km SEPharmacy — 4.2 km S 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 (Lavoux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lavoux): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Jardres): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-l'Ars): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lavoux): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.2

Days at or below 0 °C 64.3

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHAPELLE-MOULIE weather station, 6.2 km away at 121 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHAPELLE-MOULIE, 6.2 km away at 121 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHAPELLE-MOULIE, 6.2 km away at 121 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 — 86124/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86124/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86124/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86124/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86114
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86226
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
Chailland	53	210 km NW	1,187	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Menoux	03	201 km E	1,116	41.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Blyes	01	373 km E	1,401	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-en-Revermont	71	374 km E	1,152	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Catherine	69	331 km E	969	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine	35	218 km NW	1,035	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Menoux	03	201 km E	1,116	41.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Chailland	53	210 km NW	1,187	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine	35	218 km NW	1,035	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Catherine	69	331 km E	969	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blyes	01	373 km E	1,401	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-en-Revermont	71	374 km E	1,152	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · 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 Lavoux'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
Sillé-le-Philippe	72	169 km N	1,085	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Durdat-Larequille	03	171 km E	1,280	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel	67	570 km NE	1,059	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay	07	349 km SE	1,357	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Montcresson	45	225 km NE	1,262	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Thiel-sur-Acolin	03	233 km E	1,027	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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