Benet

Vendée · CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise · INSEE 85020

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Benet (INSEE 85020) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise. Population 4,089 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85020-benet

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 25 % of the 5,520 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.77	10	7.68
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES CAKES DE POP'S · BOULANGERIE DE CAPUCINE · MAISON NOVATI). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE MAISON BAUDRY · BERTHOME). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LUNCH A NETA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DU COL VERT). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES CHAMPS DU BOIS). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES CHAMPS DU BOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MATHILDE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE MARAIS POITEVIN · COLLEGE PRIVE ST MARTIN). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOPHIE CHEVALIER, MÉDECIN · SIMON BRECHET, MÉDECIN · LAURE LE MERO, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE CASAMAYOU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE GABRIEL-DELAUNAY). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · COLLEGE MARAIS POITEVIN). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COOL'HEURE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (LA FERME DU MARAIS POITEVIN). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LES CAKES DE POP'S · BOULANGERIE DE CAPUCINE · MAISON NOVATI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE MAISON BAUDRY · BERTHOME	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LUNCH A NETA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DU COL VERT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES CHAMPS DU BOIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES CHAMPS DU BOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MATHILDE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE MARAIS POITEVIN · COLLEGE PRIVE ST MARTIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	SOPHIE CHEVALIER, MÉDECIN · SIMON BRECHET, MÉDECIN · LAURE LE MERO, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE CASAMAYOU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 GABRIEL-DELAUNAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · COLLEGE MARAIS POITEVIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	COOL'HEURE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LA FERME DU MARAIS POITEVIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,583 2023: 4,089 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,853 (2012) → 4,089 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,224 (1990) → 4,089 (2023): 26.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,965, of which 4.7 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.8 km NEPharmacy — 4.9 km S 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 (Benet): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Benet): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Benet): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Coulon): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Benet): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.4

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 16.6 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 16.6 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY, 16.6 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85020/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/0bd9948c-3078-30de-a9cf-059f3b03c611— “Marché de Benet”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85020/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85020/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85020/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85020
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79100
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
Plœuc-L'Hermitage	22	274 km NW	4,103	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Courpière	63	326 km E	4,166	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sées	61	256 km N	4,168	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Buzançais	36	165 km E	4,356	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat	87	171 km E	4,366	56.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Cours	69	379 km E	4,306	56.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Buzançais	36	165 km E	4,356	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat	87	171 km E	4,366	56.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Sées	61	256 km N	4,168	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Plœuc-L'Hermitage	22	274 km NW	4,103	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Courpière	63	326 km E	4,166	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cours	69	379 km E	4,306	56.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Benet'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
Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine	37	125 km NE	4,092	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Laigné-Saint-Gervais	72	179 km N	4,252	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Mazé-Milon	49	124 km N	5,761	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vinay	38	483 km E	4,438	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne	85	87 km NW	3,701	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vivonne	86	66 km E	4,550	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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