Saint-Germain

Identity

Saint-Germain (INSEE 86223) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 886 (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/86223-saint-germain

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 15,047 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (B & C CUISINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE MILLE, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC HUMBERT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 986 (2012) → 886 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,037 (1990) → 886 (2023): -14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 584, of which 9.2 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Savin): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Savin): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Germain): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Savin): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Savin): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAUVIGNY-Mareu weather station, 12.8 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 80 m. ^[10]

The village sits 60 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at JOURNET, 13 km away at 120 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANTIGNY, 1 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

89 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 73,000 € — 647 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Vienne is 1,168 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86223/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86223/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86223/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86223/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86246
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86223
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025