Saulgé

Vienne · CC Vienne et Gartempe · INSEE 86254

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulgé (INSEE 86254) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 1,011 (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/86254-saulge

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 14,272 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	25	0
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.49	10	4.91
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (O FUT ET A MANGER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAULGE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF'CONCEPT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	O FUT ET A MANGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAULGE	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	SAULGE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE	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'CONCEPT	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: 868 peak 1990: 1,020 2023: 1,011 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 991 (2012) → 1,011 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,020 (1990) → 1,011 (2023): -0.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 620, of which 9.5 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.9 km NFood shop — 4.9 km NGP — 4.9 km NPharmacy — 4.9 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 (Montmorillon): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montmorillon): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montmorillon): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmorillon): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saulgé): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 31.4

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTMORILLON weather station, 4.6 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 98 m. ^[10]

The village sits 55 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 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTMORILLON, 4.6 km away at 153 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 55 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTMORILLON, 4.6 km away at 153 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 — 86254/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86254/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86254/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86254/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86254
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
Cuffy	18	178 km E	1,020	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Comporté	86	56 km SW	999	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Trélou-sur-Marne	02	363 km NE	952	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Bellefontaine	88	458 km NE	952	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 16 %
Passa	66	450 km S	1,118	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 %
Chambon	17	135 km W	983	33.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val-de-Comporté	86	56 km SW	999	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chambon	17	135 km W	983	33.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Cuffy	18	178 km E	1,020	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Trélou-sur-Marne	02	363 km NE	952	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Passa	66	450 km S	1,118	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 %
Bellefontaine	88	458 km NE	952	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 16 %

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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 Saulgé'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
Val-de-Comporté	86	56 km SW	999	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pouzay	37	83 km N	867	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Gonaguet	24	129 km S	1,049	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Bourneau	85	131 km W	710	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Charnas	07	321 km E	925	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Marçay	86	50 km W	1,107	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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