Sammarçolles

Vienne · CC du Pays Loudunais · INSEE 86252

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sammarçolles (INSEE 86252) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Pays Loudunais. Population 648 (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/86252-sammarcolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 16,747 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.87	10	8.73
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SUPERMARCHE CARREFOUR-CITY). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE SAMMARCOLLE · O PACHA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAMMARCOLLES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SUPERMARCHE CARREFOUR-CITY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE SAMMARCOLLE · O PACHA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAMMARCOLLES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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		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: 594 2023: 648 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 643 (2012) → 648 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 472 (1990) → 648 (2023): 37.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 330, of which 6.7 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.7 km NEGP — 5.1 km SWPharmacy — 5.1 km SWBakery — 5.4 km SW 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 (Loudun): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sammarçolles): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Loudun): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Loudun): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sammarçolles): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 33.5

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LOUDUN weather station, 3.7 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LOUDUN, 3.7 km away at 96 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 637 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LOUDUN, 3.7 km away at 96 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 — 86252/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86252/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86252/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86252/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86137
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86252
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
Donnemain-Saint-Mamès	28	151 km NE	654	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	446 km SE	655	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Kernouës	29	378 km NW	665	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Huchenneville	80	357 km N	679	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Savins	77	281 km NE	617	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Aubertin	64	421 km S	671	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Donnemain-Saint-Mamès	28	151 km NE	654	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Savins	77	281 km NE	617	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Huchenneville	80	357 km N	679	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Kernouës	29	378 km NW	665	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Aubertin	64	421 km S	671	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	446 km SE	655	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · 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 Sammarçolles'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
Ruillé-Froid-Fonds	53	113 km NW	583	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-de-l'Osier	38	452 km SE	535	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saunay	37	89 km NE	640	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Crotelles	37	77 km NE	649	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurs	79	79 km SW	615	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Charpont	28	209 km NE	622	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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