Sanxay

Vienne · CU du Grand Poitiers · INSEE 86253

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

Few services 36.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sanxay (INSEE 86253) is in Vienne (86), part of CU du Grand Poitiers. Population 548 (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/86253-sanxay

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,507 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.37	10	3.7
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

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

2 × Restaurant (SAS LE CAFI DES AMIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE SANXAY). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SANXAY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE RÉSIDENCE SAINT-PIERRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF 15). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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		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	SAS LE CAFI DES AMIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE SANXAY	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	SANXAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE RÉSIDENCE SAINT-PIERRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	COIFF 15	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 977 2023: 548 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 552 (2012) → 548 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 630 (1990) → 548 (2023): -13 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 374, of which 10.2 % second homes and 17.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km WGP — 4.1 km WPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Ménigoute): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sanxay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ménigoute): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ménigoute): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sanxay): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.5

Days at or below 0 °C 43

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BENASSAY_SAPC weather station, 9.5 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 122 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LUSIGNAN-INRAE, 12.8 km away at 152 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BENASSAY_SAPC, 9.5 km away at 150 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 — 86253/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86253/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86253/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86253/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86253
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
Igornay	71	340 km E	515	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Artigat	09	390 km S	574	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-au-Riboul	53	205 km N	505	37	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Monfort	32	307 km S	515	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Nonards	19	216 km SE	482	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Poilhes	34	430 km SE	548	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-au-Riboul	53	205 km N	505	37	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Nonards	19	216 km SE	482	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Monfort	32	307 km S	515	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Igornay	71	340 km E	515	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Artigat	09	390 km S	574	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Poilhes	34	430 km SE	548	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 73 % · 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 Sanxay'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-Hilaire-de-Voust	85	50 km W	642	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bengy-sur-Craon	18	217 km E	628	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villabon	18	215 km E	559	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Marcilly-sur-Vienne	37	74 km NE	550	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marsan	32	321 km S	461	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Secondin	86	43 km SE	531	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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