Vellèches

Vienne · CA Grand Châtellerault · INSEE 86280

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

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vellèches (INSEE 86280) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 347 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/86280-velleches

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 18,047 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.49	10	4.91
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ARLETTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE VELLECHES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BAR ROUTE 66). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE SUREAU). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ARLETTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE VELLECHES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BAR ROUTE 66	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 PIERRE SUREAU	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 491 2023: 347 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 347 (2023): -13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 350 (1990) → 347 (2023): -0.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 6.3 % second homes and 16.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 5.6 km E 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 (Vellèches): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vellèches): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dangé-Saint-Romain): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dangé-Saint-Romain): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vellèches): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.8

Days at or below 0 °C 51.6

Muggy days a summer 3.4

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DANGE-FLEAU weather station, 7.2 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DANGE-FLEAU, 7.2 km away at 70 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 681 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DANGE-ST-ROMAI, 5.1 km away at 45 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 — 86280/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86280/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86280/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86280/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86280
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86092
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
Coslédaà-Lube-Boast	64	392 km S	374	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Haut-de-Bosdarros	64	425 km S	322	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Devrouze	71	352 km E	327	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 89 %
Aubinges	18	158 km E	401	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Marcet	31	417 km S	368	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Diconne	71	351 km E	371	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aubinges	18	158 km E	401	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Diconne	71	351 km E	371	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 89 %
Devrouze	71	352 km E	327	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 89 %
Coslédaà-Lube-Boast	64	392 km S	374	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Marcet	31	417 km S	368	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Haut-de-Bosdarros	64	425 km S	322	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Vellèches'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
Aubinges	18	158 km E	401	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Beauregard-et-Bassac	24	217 km S	309	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bignon-du-Maine	53	141 km NW	322	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent	64	424 km S	402	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Tranzault	36	106 km E	349	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vigoux	36	87 km SE	472	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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