Beaufou

Vendée · CC de Vie et Boulogne · INSEE 85015

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaufou (INSEE 85015) is in Vendée (85), part of CC de Vie et Boulogne. Population 1,683 (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/85015-beaufou

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 10,761 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	25	0
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA FORGE - CHEZ SOIZIC & YOGO). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BEAUFOU). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	CAFE DE LA FORGE - CHEZ SOIZIC & YOGO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BEAUFOU	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 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 923 2023: 1,683 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,273 (2012) → 1,683 (2023): 32.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 968 (1990) → 1,683 (2023): 73.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 688, of which 2.5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km NEFood shop — 3.4 km NEGP — 3.5 km NEPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-du-Bois): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Beaufou): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PALLUAU weather station, 5.5 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 64 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 17.3 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 922 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PALLUAU, 5.5 km away at 51 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 — 85015/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85015/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85015/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85015/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85129
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85015
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
Saint-Maxire	79	93 km SE	1,319	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Poncins	42	454 km E	1,318	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Plougourvest	29	271 km NW	1,522	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Ponts sur Seulles	14	282 km N	1,212	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Servaville-Salmonville	76	361 km NE	1,111	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Tréglamus	22	233 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Maxire	79	93 km SE	1,319	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Tréglamus	22	233 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Plougourvest	29	271 km NW	1,522	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Ponts sur Seulles	14	282 km N	1,212	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Servaville-Salmonville	76	361 km NE	1,111	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Poncins	42	454 km E	1,318	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · 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 Beaufou'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
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	119 km N	1,081	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Colombiers	86	149 km E	1,405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-le-Cloucq	85	70 km SE	1,253	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Tauxigny-Saint-Bauld	37	184 km E	1,688	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Germond-Rouvre	79	94 km SE	1,167	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Château-Guibert	85	35 km SE	1,584	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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