Tercé

Vienne · CU du Grand Poitiers · INSEE 86268

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

Few services 29.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tercé (INSEE 86268) is in Vienne (86), part of CU du Grand Poitiers. Population 1,135 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/86268-terce

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 13,582 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	0.13	25	3.28
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	0.69	10	6.92
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

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

1 × Restaurant (SARL LE MYTHIC). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ETIENNE BUREAU DE TERCE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CELI'COIFF). ^[3,4]

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

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	VIVAL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	SARL LE MYTHIC	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 ETIENNE BUREAU DE TERCE	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	TERCE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	CELI'COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 675 2023: 1,135 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,101 (2012) → 1,135 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 952 (1990) → 1,135 (2023): 19.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 524, of which 2.9 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km NGP — 5.4 km EBakery — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 6.2 km NW 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 (Valdivienne): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouillé): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Valdivienne): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-l'Ars): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Tercé): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.7

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VERNON weather station, 12.5 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 125 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHAPELLE-MOULIE, 15.3 km away at 121 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TERCE, 0.3 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86268/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86268/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86268/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86268/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86226
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86268
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
Fleuré	86	5.4 km SW	1,137	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Salins	77	281 km NE	1,165	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sacquenville	27	288 km N	1,205	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Boissière-du-Doré	44	157 km NW	1,106	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	389 km S	1,025	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 43 %
Hostun	26	395 km SE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fleuré	86	5.4 km SW	1,137	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Boissière-du-Doré	44	157 km NW	1,106	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Salins	77	281 km NE	1,165	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sacquenville	27	288 km N	1,205	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	389 km S	1,025	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 43 %
Hostun	26	395 km SE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · 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 Tercé'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
Fleuré	86	5.4 km SW	1,137	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Savigny-Lévescault	86	7.0 km W	1,240	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rebréchien	45	198 km NE	1,441	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Barbières	26	395 km SE	1,143	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
L'Hôpital-le-Grand	42	299 km E	1,053	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chappes	63	217 km E	1,607	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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