Usson-du-Poitou

Vienne · CC Vienne et Gartempe · INSEE 86276

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

Partly served 42.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Usson-du-Poitou (INSEE 86276) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 1,217 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 42.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 13,112 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.35	10	3.46
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (SARL LE MANEGE DES PAINS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (H.C.M · BERTRAND IRIBARREN ARTWINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LES TROIS PILIERS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CORINNE RENELIER, MÉDECIN · EMILIE BELLANGER, MÉDECIN · CYRIL BONIN, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER PIGEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA CLOUERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (USSON DU POITOU LE SOUEF LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE JULES VERNE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (A CHACUN SA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE LAZY DUCK). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL LE MANEGE DES PAINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	H.C.M · BERTRAND IRIBARREN ARTWINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	2	LES TROIS PILIERS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CORINNE RENELIER, MÉDECIN · EMILIE BELLANGER, MÉDECIN · CYRIL BONIN, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER PIGEAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA CLOUERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	USSON DU POITOU LE SOUEF LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE JULES VERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	A CHACUN SA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE LAZY DUCK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,680 2023: 1,217 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,300 (2012) → 1,217 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,439 (1990) → 1,217 (2023): -15.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 818, of which 15.2 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km SW 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 (Usson-du-Poitou): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Usson-du-Poitou): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Usson-du-Poitou): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Usson-du-Poitou): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Usson-du-Poitou): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.8

Days at or below 0 °C 41.7

Muggy days a summer 3.9

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC weather station, 10.5 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 134 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC, 10.5 km away at 122 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at USSON-DU-POITOU, 0.4 km away at 135 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 — 86276/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/008e1555-ff42-3024-acb2-7974a1ae7a32— “Foire d'Usson-du-Poitou”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86276/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86276/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86276/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86276
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
Ogeu-les-Bains	64	358 km S	1,290	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
La Ville-aux-Clercs	41	187 km N	1,200	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Lagraulière	19	134 km SE	1,197	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Clécy	14	303 km N	1,286	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 78 %
Sagy	71	368 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes	53	213 km N	1,175	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lagraulière	19	134 km SE	1,197	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Ville-aux-Clercs	41	187 km N	1,200	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes	53	213 km N	1,175	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 88 %
Clécy	14	303 km N	1,286	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 78 %
Ogeu-les-Bains	64	358 km S	1,290	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Sagy	71	368 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · 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 Usson-du-Poitou'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
Charroux	86	18 km SW	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vendœuvres	36	86 km NE	1,086	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Moncontour	86	79 km NW	976	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse	89	312 km NE	1,396	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Valence-d'Albigeois	81	291 km SE	1,277	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Doyet	03	174 km E	1,109	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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