Port-de-Piles

Vienne · CA Grand Châtellerault · INSEE 86195

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

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Port-de-Piles (INSEE 86195) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 545 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/86195-port-de-piles

Vitality score

Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,551 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.19
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON BOURGEOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE PORT-DE-PILES). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON BOURGEOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE PORT-DE-PILES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PORT DE PILES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 562 peak 1975: 608 2023: 545 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 552 (2012) → 545 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 487 (1990) → 545 (2023): 11.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 5.3 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km NGP — 2.4 km NPharmacy — 6.1 km NW 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 (Port-de-Piles): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Celle-Saint-Avant): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Celle-Saint-Avant): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nouâtre): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Port-de-Piles): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.8

Days at or below 0 °C 51.6

Muggy days a summer 3.4

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DANGE-FLEAU weather station, 9.7 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 46 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DANGE-FLEAU, 9.7 km away at 70 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 681 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DANGE-ST-ROMAI, 7.7 km away at 45 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 — 86195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86195
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37174
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
Vecqueville	52	376 km NE	502	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Wancourt	62	398 km NE	626	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-sous-Doue	77	280 km NE	549	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laure	63	240 km SE	716	25.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Cauroy-lès-Hermonville	51	359 km NE	514	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Maisons-en-Champagne	51	349 km NE	552	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Laure	63	240 km SE	716	25.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-sous-Doue	77	280 km NE	549	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Maisons-en-Champagne	51	349 km NE	552	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cauroy-lès-Hermonville	51	359 km NE	514	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Vecqueville	52	376 km NE	502	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Wancourt	62	398 km NE	626	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · 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 Port-de-Piles'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
Vecqueville	52	376 km NE	502	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Maisons-en-Champagne	51	349 km NE	552	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chivres-Val	02	339 km NE	526	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chaucenne	25	402 km E	529	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Buhl	67	591 km NE	506	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chartainvilliers	28	186 km N	654	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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