Valdivienne

Vienne · CC Vienne et Gartempe · INSEE 86233

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

Partly served 53.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valdivienne (INSEE 86233) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 2,715 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/86233-valdivienne

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 7,760 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.92	10	9.16
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PANIFACT MANUFACTURE DE PAIN · CHEZ MIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PAPUCHON ET FILS SARL). ^[3]

2 × Restaurant (JUST'PIZZA · PIZZA GUSTO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE LUCKY'S BAR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE SCOLAIRE DES GENETS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIEN COGNY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE AMIS DU LIVRE ET DE LA LECTURE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (AIRE DE LOISIRS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (C&C CREATION COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA PLAGE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 3 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	PANIFACT MANUFACTURE DE PAIN · CHEZ MIA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE PAPUCHON ET FILS SARL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	JUST'PIZZA · PIZZA GUSTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE LUCKY'S BAR	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE SCOLAIRE DES GENETS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JULIEN COGNY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE AMIS DU LIVRE ET DE LA LECTURE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	AIRE DE LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	C&C CREATION COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DE LA PLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,071 peak 2017: 2,747 2023: 2,715 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,685 (2012) → 2,715 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,918 (1990) → 2,715 (2023): 41.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,586, of which 8.1 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 1.2 km SWPharmacy — 6.8 km N 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 (Valdivienne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valdivienne): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Valdivienne): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chauvigny): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Valdivienne): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.6

Days at or below 0 °C 52.5

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 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, 10 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 74 m. ^[10]

The village sits 66 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 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAPELLE-MOULIE, 18.7 km away at 121 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TERCE, 5.5 km away at 128 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 — 86233/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86233/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86233/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86233/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86070
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
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	306 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Nomain	59	484 km N	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture	62	478 km N	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Val d'Arry	14	304 km N	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Plumelec	56	288 km NW	2,754	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Le Faouët	56	354 km NW	2,814	66.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plumelec	56	288 km NW	2,754	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Val d'Arry	14	304 km N	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	306 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Le Faouët	56	354 km NW	2,814	66.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Couture	62	478 km N	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Nomain	59	484 km N	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · 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 Valdivienne'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
Saint-Branchs	37	81 km N	2,637	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bresse Vallons	01	348 km E	2,388	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Marboz	01	355 km E	2,264	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montierchaume	36	95 km NE	1,624	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Boixe	16	92 km SW	2,841	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lombron	72	176 km N	1,960	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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