Nieuil-l'Espoir

Vienne · CC des Vallées du Clain · INSEE 86178

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

Partly served 55.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nieuil-l'Espoir (INSEE 86178) is in Vienne (86), part of CC des Vallées du Clain. Population 2,631 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/86178-nieuil-l-espoir

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 7,942 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PETRIE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE L'ESPOIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON FAUSTINO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PIZZOUILLE · LA BERGERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE TROQUET). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES CHARPENTREAU -...). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCK DUCLOS, MÉDECIN · PASCALE DEBENEST-VENIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DULIEU). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NIEUIL L ESPOIR AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE MESSIEURS ALAIN-PECHE ET C · ARTU KARINA · L' HAIR COQUETTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA PETRIE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE L'ESPOIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON FAUSTINO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	LA PIZZOUILLE · LA BERGERIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE TROQUET	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES CHARPENTREAU -...	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	FRANCK DUCLOS, MÉDECIN · PASCALE DEBENEST-VENIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DULIEU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	NIEUIL L ESPOIR AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	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	1	CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	4	COIFFURE MESSIEURS ALAIN-PECHE ET C · ARTU KARINA · L' HAIR COQUETTE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 662 peak 2017: 2,718 2023: 2,631 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,401 (2012) → 2,631 (2023): 9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,554 (1990) → 2,631 (2023): 69.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,148, of which 0.7 % second homes and 4.4 % 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 (Nieuil-l'Espoir): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nieuil-l'Espoir): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Nieuil-l'Espoir): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Nieuil-l'Espoir): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Nieuil-l'Espoir): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VERNON weather station, 7.7 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at POITIERS-BIARD, 16.3 km away at 125 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 809 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VERNON, 7.7 km away at 128 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 — 86178/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86178/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86178/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86178/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86178
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
Romagné	35	244 km NW	2,438	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Beaurepaire	85	127 km NW	2,385	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %
Varennes-le-Grand	71	339 km E	2,293	53	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet	49	124 km NW	3,106	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Plounéventer	29	417 km NW	2,251	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Feucherolles	78	289 km NE	3,043	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet	49	124 km NW	3,106	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurepaire	85	127 km NW	2,385	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %
Romagné	35	244 km NW	2,438	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Feucherolles	78	289 km NE	3,043	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-le-Grand	71	339 km E	2,293	53	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Plounéventer	29	417 km NW	2,251	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Nieuil-l'Espoir'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
Mionnay	01	351 km E	2,294	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Beauzire	63	221 km E	2,210	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Peschadoires	63	245 km E	2,104	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Thurins	69	335 km E	3,404	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Mansle-les-Fontaines	16	71 km S	2,088	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chalamont	01	367 km E	2,533	63.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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