Saint-Benoît

Vienne · CU du Grand Poitiers · INSEE 86214

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

Served 65.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Benoît (INSEE 86214) is in Vienne (86), part of CU du Grand Poitiers. Population 7,375 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[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/86214-saint-benoit

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 3,280 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	0.53	25	13.13
Social	0.82	20	16.5
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.73	10	7.32
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.76	10	7.62
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · SANCTO BENEDICTINE · LE FOURNIL D'ELINA · L'INOPINEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FOUCHER SAINT BE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE P TIT MARCHE · PANIER SYMPA). ^[3,4]

3 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · LE MARCHE DE LEOPOLD). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (ASIE'XPRESS · SUBWAY · CASA HUET · BISTRO DE SAINT BENOIT). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LA TAB' DES VINS · LE PETIT SAINT BENOIT). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL IRMA JOUENNE · ECOLE MATERNELLE DU BOIS D'AMOUR-ERMITAGE). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ERMITAGE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE IRMA JOUENNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME ESPERANCE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE THEOPHRASTE RENAUDOT). ^[3]

11 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JUSTINE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE BENOIT, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN GENDREAU, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE MERRANT, MÉDECIN · LOUISE ACHARD-BONNET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GELIN GRENON · SEL DE PHARMACIENS D OFFICINE · PHARMACIE DU BOURG). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

4 × Gym / sports hall (IME MAUROC · SALLE POLYVALENTE ET TENNIS EXTERIEURS · COMPLEXE DE CHANTEJEAU · COMPLEXE DE L ERMITAGE). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CCM POITIERS GRAND LARGE · LA BANQUE POSTALE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL ENSEIGNANT POITIERS · CASDEN BANQUE POPULAIRE). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (SARL SANDRINE COIFFURE · NEW'S COIFFURE · COIFFEUR STYLISTE VISAGISTE · BAUDIFFIER ANNE-CATHERINE · CHARLANE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · SANCTO BENEDICTINE · LE FOURNIL D'ELINA · L'INOPINEE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	FOUCHER SAINT BE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LE P TIT MARCHE · PANIER SYMPA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	3	ALDI MARCHE · LE MARCHE DE LEOPOLD	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	11	ASIE'XPRESS · SUBWAY · CASA HUET · BISTRO DE SAINT BENOIT	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LA TAB' DES VINS · LE PETIT SAINT BENOIT	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL IRMA JOUENNE · ECOLE MATERNELLE DU BOIS D'AMOUR-ERMITAGE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ERMITAGE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE IRMA JOUENNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME ESPERANCE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE THEOPHRASTE RENAUDOT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	11	JUSTINE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE BENOIT, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN GENDREAU, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE MERRANT, MÉDECIN · LOUISE ACHARD-BONNET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 11 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE GELIN GRENON · SEL DE PHARMACIENS D OFFICINE · PHARMACIE DU BOURG	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	4	IME MAUROC · SALLE POLYVALENTE ET TENNIS EXTERIEURS · COMPLEXE DE CHANTEJEAU · COMPLEXE DE L ERMITAGE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CCM POITIERS GRAND LARGE · LA BANQUE POSTALE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL ENSEIGNANT POITIERS · CASDEN BANQUE POPULAIRE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	9	SARL SANDRINE COIFFURE · NEW'S COIFFURE · COIFFEUR STYLISTE VISAGISTE · BAUDIFFIER ANNE-CATHERINE · CHARLANE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 3,881 2023: 7,375 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,094 (2012) → 7,375 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,843 (1990) → 7,375 (2023): 26.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,049, of which 1.7 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km NE 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-Benoît): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Saint-Benoît): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Benoît): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Benoît): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43.3

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the POITIERS-BIARD weather station, 5.3 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at POITIERS-BIARD, 5.3 km away at 125 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at POITIERS-BIARD, 5.3 km away at 125 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 — 86214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86214
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
Courtry	77	313 km NE	7,330	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Huningue	68	560 km E	7,487	56.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil	91	281 km NE	7,469	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Waziers	59	473 km NE	7,266	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Villars	42	332 km E	7,664	59	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes	59	482 km NE	7,080	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil	91	281 km NE	7,469	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Courtry	77	313 km NE	7,330	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villars	42	332 km E	7,664	59	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Waziers	59	473 km NE	7,266	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes	59	482 km NE	7,080	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Huningue	68	560 km E	7,487	56.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · 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 Saint-Benoît'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
Courtry	77	313 km NE	7,330	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil	91	281 km NE	7,469	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vaujours	93	313 km NE	8,007	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saulx-les-Chartreux	91	278 km NE	6,733	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Paray-Vieille-Poste	91	284 km NE	8,202	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Ville-du-Bois	91	276 km NE	8,161	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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