La Barre-de-Monts
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 62.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Barre-de-Monts (INSEE 85012) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Océan Marais de Monts. Population 2,367 (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/85012-la-barre-de-monts
Vitality score
Vitality score 62.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 8,569 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0.98 | 20 | 19.68 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.87 | 10 | 8.71 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L' ATELIER DU BOULANGER · LES SAVEURS DU MARAIS · TITI CAKE'S). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BISCUITERIE DE LA BARRE DE MONTS · VOTRE MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (LES HUITRES DU GOIS · LA MAREE CHINE). [3,4]
13 × Restaurant (FOLIE GLACEE · TRADI'PIZZA · SARL PIDZ · LE POISSON ROUGE · LA GRANGE). [3,4]
7 × Café / bar (LE PIC WIC · LE RELAIS DES ILES · LES NAVIGATEURS · LA CALE 22 · L'ESCALE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA PORTE DES ILES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE COEUR). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HABIB CHEHADE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE FROMENTINE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA BOUSSOLE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA PAREE BERNARD). [3]
2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE LA GRANDE COTE · PLAGE DE LA BERGERE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (L'INSTANT DUO · COTE ET COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL DU CAP D'AMBRE · L'EMBARCADERE). [3,4]
6 × Campsite (CAMPING LE GRAND CORSEAU · CAMPING LA DAROTTE · CAMPING DE LA CORSIVE · AIRE NATURELLE LES GATS · CAMPING LE MARAIS NEUF). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | L' ATELIER DU BOULANGER · LES SAVEURS DU MARAIS · TITI CAKE'S | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | BISCUITERIE DE LA BARRE DE MONTS · VOTRE MARCHE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | LES HUITRES DU GOIS · LA MAREE CHINE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 13 | FOLIE GLACEE · TRADI'PIZZA · SARL PIDZ · LE POISSON ROUGE · LA GRANGE | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 7 | LE PIC WIC · LE RELAIS DES ILES · LES NAVIGATEURS · LA CALE 22 · L'ESCALE | INSEE SIRENE 7 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA PORTE DES ILES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE COEUR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | HABIB CHEHADE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE FROMENTINE | 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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA BOUSSOLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA PAREE BERNARD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 2 | PLAGE DE LA GRANDE COTE · PLAGE DE LA BERGERE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | L'INSTANT DUO · COTE ET COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL DU CAP D'AMBRE · L'EMBARCADERE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 6 | CAMPING LE GRAND CORSEAU · CAMPING LA DAROTTE · CAMPING DE LA CORSIVE · AIRE NATURELLE LES GATS · CAMPING LE MARAIS NEUF | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,174 (2012) → 2,367 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,727 (1990) → 2,367 (2023): 37.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,925, of which 52.9 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Barre-de-Monts): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Barre-de-Monts): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (La Barre-de-Monts): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Barre-de-Monts): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Barre-de-Monts): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LE PERRIER weather station, 11.1 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 3 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 11.1 km away at 2 m, over 21 summers. [9]
An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BEAUVOIR SUR MER, 6.5 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
338 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 205,000 € — 2,814 € per m² of built surface. [10]
96 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 109,028 € — 3,000 € per m². [10]
The median across Vendée is 2,125 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]
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 — 85012/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85012/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85012/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85012/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85012
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groix | 56 | 131 km NW | 2,310 | 60.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Névez | 29 | 163 km NW | 2,795 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer | 50 | 274 km N | 2,520 | 65.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 % |
| Pleubian | 22 | 231 km N | 2,365 | 54.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mesquer | 44 | 63 km NW | 2,171 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plounéour-Brignogan-plages | 29 | 258 km NW | 1,972 | 54.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesquer | 44 | 63 km NW | 2,171 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Groix | 56 | 131 km NW | 2,310 | 60.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Névez | 29 | 163 km NW | 2,795 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pleubian | 22 | 231 km N | 2,365 | 54.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plounéour-Brignogan-plages | 29 | 258 km NW | 1,972 | 54.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer | 50 | 274 km N | 2,520 | 65.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 % |
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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 La Barre-de-Monts'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Névez | 29 | 163 km NW | 2,795 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mesquer | 44 | 63 km NW | 2,171 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Loctudy | 29 | 187 km NW | 4,075 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Piriac-sur-Mer | 44 | 64 km NW | 2,685 | 63 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pénestin | 56 | 72 km N | 2,085 | 70.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Locmariaquer | 56 | 99 km NW | 1,577 | 53.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
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