Saint-Genest-d'Ambière

Vienne · CA Grand Châtellerault · INSEE 86221

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Genest-d'Ambière (INSEE 86221) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 1,235 (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 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 13,055 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.62	10	6.18
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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]

1 × Supermarket (AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES CAPUCINES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GENEST D AMBIERE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (TIFFANY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES CAPUCINES	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	SAINT GENEST D AMBIERE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	TIFFANY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,106 peak 2012: 1,258 2023: 1,235 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,258 (2012) → 1,235 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,105 (1990) → 1,235 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 622, of which 5.5 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km WBakery — 3.1 km WGP — 3.1 km WPharmacy — 3.2 km W 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 (Lencloître): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Genest-d'Ambière): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lencloître): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lencloître): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Genest-d'Ambière): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THURE weather station, 7.1 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at THURE, 7.1 km away at 120 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 598 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at OUZILLY, 5.1 km away at 71 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 — 86221/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86221/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86221/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86221/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86221
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
Thimert-Gâtelles	28	206 km N	1,231	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Favars	19	200 km SE	1,121	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun	79	42 km NW	1,247	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Briord	01	408 km E	1,119	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Oyeu	38	423 km E	1,106	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Nervieux	42	312 km E	1,040	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun	79	42 km NW	1,247	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Favars	19	200 km SE	1,121	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Thimert-Gâtelles	28	206 km N	1,231	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Nervieux	42	312 km E	1,040	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Briord	01	408 km E	1,119	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Oyeu	38	423 km E	1,106	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Genest-d'Ambière'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
Cangey	37	89 km NE	1,021	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ligré	37	33 km N	1,068	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Esmans	77	259 km NE	934	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Nieuil	16	105 km S	883	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chançay	37	80 km NE	1,122	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes	37	86 km NE	963	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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