Beauvoir-sur-Mer

Vendée · CC Challans-Gois Communauté · INSEE 85018

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

Partly served 50.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beauvoir-sur-Mer (INSEE 85018) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Challans-Gois Communauté. Population 4,035 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85018-beauvoir-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 5,592 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	0.34	25	8.4
Social	0.77	20	15.4
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.73	10	7.31
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DES HALLE · BRIOCHERIE DU GOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON DURAND). ^[3]

2 × Supermarket (UNISAP · INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (L'ECAILLER DE LA PRESQU'ILE · LA PECHE COTIERE). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DU GOIS · GUERIN FLORENCE · L OR EN PIZZA · COTE MARAIS · EN ATTENDANT...). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE BELVERIN · LE REPAIRE · LA MAREE · LE CENTRAL BAR). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU GOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELEN LALLEMAND, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE CAILLETEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE HAUDEBOURG LIBEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLES DE SPORTS). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISS LOCAL CREDI AGRIC MUT BEAUVOIR S M · AGENCE BEAUVOIR SUR MER · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL BEAUVOIR SUR MER). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (EURL IMAGIN'HAIR · INSPIRATION · VENUS · CISEAUX D'ART). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL LE MARCHÉ · HOTEL LE GOIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Fishmonger, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DES HALLE · BRIOCHERIE DU GOIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON DURAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	UNISAP · INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2	L'ECAILLER DE LA PRESQU'ILE · LA PECHE COTIERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	LE RELAIS DU GOIS · GUERIN FLORENCE · L OR EN PIZZA · COTE MARAIS · EN ATTENDANT...	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE BELVERIN · LE REPAIRE · LA MAREE · LE CENTRAL BAR	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU GOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ELEN LALLEMAND, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE CAILLETEAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE HAUDEBOURG LIBEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LUDOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLES DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISS LOCAL CREDI AGRIC MUT BEAUVOIR S M · AGENCE BEAUVOIR SUR MER · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL BEAUVOIR SUR MER	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	5	EURL IMAGIN'HAIR · INSPIRATION · VENUS · CISEAUX D'ART	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	HÔTEL LE MARCHÉ · HOTEL LE GOIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 2,798 2023: 4,035 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,930 (2012) → 4,035 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,277 (1990) → 4,035 (2023): 23.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,623, of which 13.3 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Beauvoir-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beauvoir-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beauvoir-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beauvoir-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Beauvoir-sur-Mer): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.3

Days at or below 0 °C 24.4

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 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, 10.3 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 10.3 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, 0.5 km away at 10 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 — 85018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85018
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
Baccarat	54	679 km E	4,089	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Landévant	56	125 km NW	4,056	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes	35	192 km N	4,720	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bonnétable	72	232 km NE	3,703	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier	35	157 km N	4,203	56.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Sérent	56	107 km N	3,429	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sérent	56	107 km N	3,429	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Landévant	56	125 km NW	4,056	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier	35	157 km N	4,203	56.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes	35	192 km N	4,720	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bonnétable	72	232 km NE	3,703	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Baccarat	54	679 km E	4,089	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Beauvoir-sur-Mer'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-Méloir-des-Ondes	35	192 km N	4,720	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sérent	56	107 km N	3,429	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Pontorson	50	187 km N	4,280	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Muzillac	56	79 km NW	5,089	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sourdeval	50	218 km N	3,026	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Val d'Anast	35	109 km N	3,930	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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