Barbâtre

Vendée · CC de l'Ile de Noirmoutier · INSEE 85011

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barbâtre (INSEE 85011) is in Vendée (85), part of CC de l'Ile de Noirmoutier. Population 1,824 (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/85011-barbatre

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 10,216 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.94	10	9.37
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 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 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (LA FOURNEE DU GOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (BARBATRE DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BONNE BOUFFE · LA MANO). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CITRON MERS · CHEZ LUISA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA ROSE DES DUNES). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALICE DE SAINT-PIERRE, MÉDECIN · ANNE ROQUE, MÉDECIN · CYRILLE VARTANIAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU POLDER). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

5 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DU MIDI · PLAGE DES ONCHERES · PLAGE DES BOUCHOLEURS · PLAGE DE L OCEAN · PLAGE DE LA CROIX ROUGE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (NATUREL'COIFF · CISEAUX D'AILLEURS). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (LE NOIRMOUTIER · LE GOELAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES ONCHERES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA FOURNEE DU GOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	BARBATRE DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	2	LA BONNE BOUFFE · LA MANO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CITRON MERS · CHEZ LUISA	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA ROSE DES DUNES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ALICE DE SAINT-PIERRE, MÉDECIN · ANNE ROQUE, MÉDECIN · CYRILLE VARTANIAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU POLDER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BARBATRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	5	PLAGE DU MIDI · PLAGE DES ONCHERES · PLAGE DES BOUCHOLEURS · PLAGE DE L OCEAN · PLAGE DE LA CROIX ROUGE	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	NATUREL'COIFF · CISEAUX D'AILLEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	LE NOIRMOUTIER · LE GOELAND	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DES ONCHERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,124 2023: 1,824 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,777 (2012) → 1,824 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,269 (1990) → 1,824 (2023): 43.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,377, of which 70.7 % second homes and 0.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.6 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 (Barbâtre): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barbâtre): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barbâtre): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Barbâtre): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.5

Days at or below 0 °C 8.3▸

Muggy days a summer 3.7

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the NOIRMOUTIER EN weather station, 8.9 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 3 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NOIRMOUTIER EN, 8.9 km away at 3 m, over 22 summers. ^[9]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LA GUERINIERE, 5.6 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85011/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85011/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85011/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85011/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85011
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
Pénestin	56	64 km N	2,085	70.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-d'Abondance	74	688 km E	872	66.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Jullouville	50	208 km N	2,394	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps	74	679 km E	1,492	63.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 24 % · humidity 71 %
Théoule-sur-Mer	06	810 km SE	1,477	54	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 %
Samoëns	74	688 km E	2,203	69	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pénestin	56	64 km N	2,085	70.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Jullouville	50	208 km N	2,394	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps	74	679 km E	1,492	63.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 24 % · humidity 71 %
Samoëns	74	688 km E	2,203	69	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-d'Abondance	74	688 km E	872	66.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Théoule-sur-Mer	06	810 km SE	1,477	54	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Barbâtre'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
Groix	56	123 km NW	2,310	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys	56	79 km NW	2,004	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Piriac-sur-Mer	44	56 km NW	2,685	63	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gassin	83	802 km SE	2,687	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
L'Épine	85	7.6 km NW	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Noirmoutier-en-l'Île	85	7.9 km NW	4,505	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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