Usseau

Vienne · CA Grand Châtellerault · INSEE 86275

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

Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Usseau (INSEE 86275) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 573 (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/86275-usseau

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,307 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.6	10	6
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

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 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RYTZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'USSEAU). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE RYTZ	INSEE BPE 1 / 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 PRIMAIRE D'USSEAU	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	USSEAU LE RYTZ LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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		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	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: 383 peak 2012: 657 2023: 573 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 657 (2012) → 573 (2023): -12.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 521 (1990) → 573 (2023): 10 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 3.2 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.3 km EGP — 4.3 km EPharmacy — 4.3 km EFood shop — 4.5 km SE 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 (Ingrandes): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châtellerault): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ingrandes): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ingrandes): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Usseau): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the THURE weather station, 5.7 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at THURE, 5.7 km away at 120 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

An average of 692 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THURE, 5.7 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86275/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86275/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86275/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86275/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86066
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86275
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
Favières	54	444 km NE	572	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Damerey	71	341 km E	545	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Moncey	25	428 km E	610	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %
Morlanne	64	383 km S	611	46	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Le Dézert	50	287 km NW	601	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac	33	225 km S	509	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac	33	225 km S	509	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Le Dézert	50	287 km NW	601	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
Damerey	71	341 km E	545	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Morlanne	64	383 km S	611	46	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Moncey	25	428 km E	610	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %
Favières	54	444 km NE	572	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Usseau'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
Trébons	65	421 km S	760	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Beuxes	86	35 km NW	559	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Pouillé	85	118 km W	630	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chiroubles	69	327 km E	434	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Secondin	86	61 km S	531	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boistrudan	35	188 km NW	728	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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