Saint-Martin-l'Ars

Vienne · CC Vienne et Gartempe · INSEE 86234

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-l'Ars (INSEE 86234) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 362 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 18,059 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.68
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TAPM). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DU CLAIN · TY MARTIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARTIN L ARS RP). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (LE PONT CREUSE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	TAPM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE BISTROT DU CLAIN · TY MARTIN	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	SAINT MARTIN L ARS RP	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	1	LE PONT CREUSE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 748 2023: 362 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 384 (2012) → 362 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 417 (1990) → 362 (2023): -13.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 25.6 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 4.6 km WPrimary school — 5.4 km SPharmacy — 5.4 km SGP — 6.2 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 (Joussé): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-l'Ars): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Usson-du-Poitou): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mauprévoir): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Mauprévoir): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.2

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

Muggy days a summer 8.4

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE-VIGEANT weather station, 11 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE-VIGEANT, 11 km away at 117 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

An average of 879 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAUPREVOIR, 5.8 km away at 144 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86234/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86234/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86234/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86234/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86234
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86152
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
Sérandon	19	170 km SE	343	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	197 km S	348	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Beaubery	71	298 km E	366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Barlieu	18	213 km NE	334	29	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Mantilly	61	275 km N	508	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Le Lindois	16	53 km S	339	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Lindois	16	53 km S	339	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Sérandon	19	170 km SE	343	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
Vire-sur-Lot	46	197 km S	348	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Barlieu	18	213 km NE	334	29	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Mantilly	61	275 km N	508	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Beaubery	71	298 km E	366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Martin-l'Ars'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
Cap d'Astarac	32	320 km S	460	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montboyer	16	106 km S	341	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Salles-Lavalette	16	96 km S	317	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Luchapt	86	20 km E	244	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Morlac	18	147 km NE	269	10.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Plagnole	31	315 km S	348	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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