Bazoges-en-Paillers

Vendée · CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts · INSEE 85013

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

Few services 35.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bazoges-en-Paillers (INSEE 85013) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. Population 1,555 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/85013-bazoges-en-paillers

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 11,365 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BAZ'BAR · LE RELAIS SAINT HUBERT). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BAZOGES EN PAILLERS LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BAZOGES EN PAILLERS ESPACE CHARLES PERRAULT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (STYL' MANGAS · 2EME RUE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BAZ'BAR · LE RELAIS SAINT HUBERT	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST PIERRE	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	1	BAZOGES EN PAILLERS LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BAZOGES EN PAILLERS ESPACE CHARLES PERRAULT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	STYL' MANGAS · 2EME RUE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 772 2023: 1,555 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,234 (2012) → 1,555 (2023): 26 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 826 (1990) → 1,555 (2023): 88.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 663, of which 2.6 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.3 km EBakery — 3.5 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 (Beaurepaire): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bazoges-en-Paillers): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaurepaire): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beaurepaire): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bazoges-en-Paillers): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LANDES-GENUSSON weather station, 6.7 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[10]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LANDES-GENUSSON, 6.7 km away at 100 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 — 85013/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85013/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85013/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85013/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85017
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85013
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
Pannecé	44	65 km N	1,439	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Coësmes	35	111 km N	1,426	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
Vaudelnay	49	75 km E	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Chappes	63	353 km E	1,607	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Prouant	85	21 km SE	1,666	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Bazainville	78	297 km NE	1,469	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Prouant	85	21 km SE	1,666	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Pannecé	44	65 km N	1,439	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Vaudelnay	49	75 km E	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Coësmes	35	111 km N	1,426	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
Bazainville	78	297 km NE	1,469	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Chappes	63	353 km E	1,607	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %

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Elsewhere

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