Smarves

Vienne · CC des Vallées du Clain · INSEE 86263

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

Partly served 54/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Smarves (INSEE 86263) is in Vienne (86), part of CC des Vallées du Clain. Population 2,941 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/86263-smarves

Vitality score

Vitality score 54/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 7,229 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.91	10	9.08
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (JONOELLA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAVEURS LIMOUSIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Fishmonger (JEJE LE POISSONNIER). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LOYO-PIZZ · AUBERGE DES QUAT'Z ASSIETTES · FOOD PIZZ BURGER · LE LETICRYS · EHKM). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROGER PAIN). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROGER PAIN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERTRAND VAUDOU, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE CHAUVEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL JONQUILLE VALLEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SMARVES LE LETICRYS LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SMARVES). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (ENSEMBLE SPORTIF MARCEL BERNARD · GYMNASE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (STEFAN · COIFFURE BY ISA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	JONOELLA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SAVEURS LIMOUSIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COOP	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	JEJE LE POISSONNIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	LOYO-PIZZ · AUBERGE DES QUAT'Z ASSIETTES · FOOD PIZZ BURGER · LE LETICRYS · EHKM	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROGER PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROGER PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BERTRAND VAUDOU, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE CHAUVEAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL JONQUILLE VALLEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SMARVES LE LETICRYS LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SMARVES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	ENSEMBLE SPORTIF MARCEL BERNARD · GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	STEFAN · COIFFURE BY ISA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday matin les rues du centre-bourg. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,126 2023: 2,941 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,618 (2012) → 2,941 (2023): 12.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,089 (1990) → 2,941 (2023): 40.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,315, of which 1.9 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Smarves): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Smarves): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Smarves): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Smarves): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Smarves): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43.3

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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

Measured at the POITIERS-BIARD weather station, 9.6 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 122 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at POITIERS-BIARD, 9.6 km away at 125 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 698 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at POITIERS-BIARD, 9.6 km away at 125 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86263/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://smarves.com/une-commune-ou-il-fait-bon-vivre/— “les rues du centre-bourg s'animent le mercredi matin, jour de marché”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86263/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86263/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86263/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86263
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
Iteuil	86	4.0 km SW	2,989	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Spay	72	158 km N	2,808	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Scherwiller	67	567 km NE	3,099	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Albias	82	283 km S	3,240	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-le-Beau	37	103 km NE	3,216	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey	38	428 km E	2,619	52.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Iteuil	86	4.0 km SW	2,989	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-le-Beau	37	103 km NE	3,216	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Spay	72	158 km N	2,808	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Albias	82	283 km S	3,240	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey	38	428 km E	2,619	52.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Scherwiller	67	567 km NE	3,099	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Smarves'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
Iteuil	86	4.0 km SW	2,989	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Spay	72	158 km N	2,808	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-le-Beau	37	103 km NE	3,216	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Briis-sous-Forges	91	270 km NE	3,342	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mars-d'Outillé	72	151 km N	2,483	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Teloché	72	153 km N	3,067	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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