Pouançay

Vienne · CC du Pays Loudunais · INSEE 86196

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 19.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pouançay (INSEE 86196) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Pays Loudunais. Population 230 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 16,802 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.31	10	3.07
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'HACIENDA). ^[3,4]

2 × Hairdresser (AU KAR'E). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	L'HACIENDA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	AU KAR'E	INSEE BPE 2 / 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: 144 peak 1990: 285 2023: 230 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 240 (2012) → 230 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 285 (1990) → 230 (2023): -19.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 115, of which 3.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.5 km SEPrimary school — 2.5 km SEGP — 7.2 km EFood shop — 7.4 km EPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Trois-Moutiers): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Trois-Moutiers): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Trois-Moutiers): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 33.5

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LOUDUN weather station, 13.9 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LOUDUN, 13.9 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 632 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-LEGER-DE-MON, 2.7 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86274
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
Laneuveville-devant-Bayon	54	498 km E	231	22.6	Few services	no figures
Vrigny	51	380 km NE	234	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aubigny-aux-Kaisnes	02	381 km NE	231	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Foucaucourt-en-Santerre	80	375 km NE	235	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Osnes	08	481 km NE	228	16.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Hurtières	38	506 km E	233	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 66 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Foucaucourt-en-Santerre	80	375 km NE	235	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Vrigny	51	380 km NE	234	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aubigny-aux-Kaisnes	02	381 km NE	231	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Osnes	08	481 km NE	228	16.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Laneuveville-devant-Bayon	54	498 km E	231	22.6	Few services	no figures
Hurtières	38	506 km E	233	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 66 %

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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 Pouançay'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
Mancy	51	365 km NE	233	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Condamine	39	422 km E	243	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Jully-sur-Sarce	10	348 km E	232	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnay-le-Gilmert	28	195 km NE	217	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ménil-sur-Saulx	55	430 km NE	243	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Montflours	53	131 km N	247	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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