Verrue

Vienne · CC du Pays Loudunais · INSEE 86286

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verrue (INSEE 86286) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Pays Loudunais. Population 379 (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/86286-verrue

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 18,037 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.53	10	5.27
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME DE BONNEUIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA VERRUQUOIZ). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VERRUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	LA FERME DE BONNEUIL	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	LA VERRUQUOIZ	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)	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	VERRUE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VERRUE	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 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: 541 2023: 379 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 398 (2012) → 379 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 379 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 263, of which 9.9 % second homes and 17.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.8 km EPrimary school — 5.7 km SGP — 6.2 km WBakery — 6.3 km WPharmacy — 6.4 km W 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-Jean-de-Sauves): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Verrue): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chouppes): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

Muggy days a summer 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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOUSSAY weather station, 9 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DOUSSAY, 9 km away at 95 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 686 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTS-SUR-GUESN, 6.7 km away at 124 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 — 86286/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86286/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86286/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86286/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86075
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
Villars-sous-Dampjoux	25	501 km E	350	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Bouillac	12	298 km SE	375	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 89 %
Loubillé	79	92 km S	357	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais	24	232 km S	357	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Kermoroc'h	22	320 km NW	443	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
La Chapelle-aux-Brocs	19	222 km SE	448	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Loubillé	79	92 km S	357	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %
La Chapelle-aux-Brocs	19	222 km SE	448	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais	24	232 km S	357	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bouillac	12	298 km SE	375	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 89 %
Kermoroc'h	22	320 km NW	443	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Villars-sous-Dampjoux	25	501 km E	350	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · 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 Verrue'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
Rupt-aux-Nonains	55	421 km NE	365	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Géraudot	10	351 km NE	339	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Azay-sur-Indre	37	70 km NE	363	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Oyrières	70	414 km E	365	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Montigné-lès-Rairies	49	89 km N	418	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Dœuil-sur-le-Mignon	17	98 km SW	373	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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