Sossais

Vienne · CA Grand Châtellerault · INSEE 86265

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sossais (INSEE 86265) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 409 (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/86265-sossais

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,978 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.49	10	4.9
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SOSSAY AP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 396 peak 2012: 475 2023: 409 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 475 (2012) → 409 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 413 (1990) → 409 (2023): -1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 5.3 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.2 km SFood shop — 4.9 km NGP — 4.9 km NBakery — 5.2 km NPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Genest-d'Ambière): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the THURE weather station, 5.8 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 116 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at THURE, 5.8 km away at 120 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 677 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERVAIS 3CL, 4.8 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 — 86265/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86265/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86265/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86265/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86221
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
Urbès	68	508 km E	427	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre	38	436 km E	420	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Moriville	88	483 km E	443	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 %
Bellechaume	89	276 km NE	436	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Péran	35	227 km NW	407	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sauvant	17	142 km SW	515	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sauvant	17	142 km SW	515	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Péran	35	227 km NW	407	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Bellechaume	89	276 km NE	436	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre	38	436 km E	420	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Moriville	88	483 km E	443	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 %
Urbès	68	508 km E	427	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Sossais'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
Forges	77	260 km NE	443	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-d'Aigues-Vives	09	453 km S	367	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe	87	123 km SE	449	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Adjutory	16	122 km S	503	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Jullié	69	335 km E	492	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Celle-Guenand	37	40 km E	379	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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