Auchay-sur-Vendée
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 23.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Auchay-sur-Vendée (INSEE 85009) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 1,122 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Chaix (85044). [3]
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/85009-auchay-sur-vendee
Vitality score
Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 12 % of the 13,656 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.86 | 10 | 8.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'HEURE DU GOUTER). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | L'HEURE DU GOUTER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,082 (2012) → 1,122 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 825 (1990) → 1,122 (2023): 36 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 549, of which 6.2 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Auchay-sur-Vendée): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Fontenay-le-Comte): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Doix lès Fontaines): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Fontenay-le-Comte): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Auchay-sur-Vendée): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 6.7 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 38 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 6.7 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. [12]
An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at FONTENAY, 6.7 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
80 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 137,000 € — 1,139 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Vendée is 2,125 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85009/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85009/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85009/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85009/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85009
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85092
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85080
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heudreville-sur-Eure | 27 | 337 km NE | 1,065 | 21.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Duneau | 72 | 209 km NE | 1,078 | 24.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sierville | 76 | 378 km N | 1,102 | 26.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Goudourville | 82 | 294 km SE | 976 | 27.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan | 17 | 115 km S | 1,299 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saivres | 79 | 48 km E | 1,306 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saivres | 79 | 48 km E | 1,306 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan | 17 | 115 km S | 1,299 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Duneau | 72 | 209 km NE | 1,078 | 24.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Goudourville | 82 | 294 km SE | 976 | 27.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Heudreville-sur-Eure | 27 | 337 km NE | 1,065 | 21.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sierville | 76 | 378 km N | 1,102 | 26.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · 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 Auchay-sur-Vendée'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saivres | 79 | 48 km E | 1,306 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Ouenne | 79 | 32 km E | 789 | 33.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien | 69 | 427 km E | 969 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| François | 79 | 41 km E | 999 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux | 85 | 11 km SE | 917 | 32.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Denis-sur-Loire | 41 | 216 km NE | 904 | 34.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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