Marçay

Vienne · CC des Vallées du Clain · INSEE 86145

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

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marçay (INSEE 86145) is in Vienne (86), part of CC des Vallées du Clain. Population 1,107 (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/86145-marcay

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 13,725 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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) (AUX DELICES DE CHOUQUETTE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LE POIDOU DES ANTILLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQ M. ET H. GAUTHIER). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NC COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX DELICES DE CHOUQUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 POIDOU DES ANTILLES	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQ M. ET H. GAUTHIER	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	MARCAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	NC COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 539 peak 2017: 1,185 2023: 1,107 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,041 (2012) → 1,107 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 602 (1990) → 1,107 (2023): 83.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 4.8 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km WGP — 4.2 km NWFood shop — 4.4 km SEPharmacy — 6.9 km E 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 (Marçay): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vivonne): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Coulombiers): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Iteuil): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Marçay): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.6

Days at or below 0 °C 39.5

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LUSIGNAN-INRAE weather station, 9.9 km away at 152 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LUSIGNAN-INRAE, 9.9 km away at 152 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 815 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LUSIGNAN-INRAE, 9.9 km away at 152 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86113
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
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	176 km NW	1,109	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chazé-sur-Argos	49	154 km NW	1,086	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
La Chapelle-Gonaguet	24	140 km S	1,049	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	89 km W	1,113	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Villandry	37	100 km N	1,143	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ventes	27	284 km N	1,052	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	89 km W	1,113	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Villandry	37	100 km N	1,143	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Gonaguet	24	140 km S	1,049	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Chazé-sur-Argos	49	154 km NW	1,086	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	176 km NW	1,109	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Les Ventes	27	284 km N	1,052	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · 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 Marçay'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
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	176 km NW	1,109	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Les Ventes	27	284 km N	1,052	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Le Pin	79	81 km NW	1,091	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Boismé	79	61 km NW	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fougeré	85	114 km W	1,240	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ménil	53	161 km NW	923	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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