Bois-de-Céné

Vendée · CC Challans-Gois Communauté · INSEE 85024

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

Served 60.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bois-de-Céné (INSEE 85024) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Challans-Gois Communauté. Population 2,256 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85024-bois-de-cene

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 8,817 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ACCOMPAGNEMENT CONSEILS CHRISTOPHE DUC). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO · LES PETITS MARAICHINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (RS BOIS DE CENE · ROTISSERIE CENEENNE · COTE GOURMANDISES COTE CARTES GRISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU MARRONNIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ÉLODIE MABILEAU, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE HENRY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELEURL POUVREAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOIS DE CENE AP). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ART DU CHEVEU PAR MAGALI RO'). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (LE JARDIN DE LA BARDONNIÈRE · CAMPING LE BOIS JOLI). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	ACCOMPAGNEMENT CONSEILS CHRISTOPHE DUC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	VIVECO · LES PETITS MARAICHINS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	RS BOIS DE CENE · ROTISSERIE CENEENNE · COTE GOURMANDISES COTE CARTES GRISES	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU MARRONNIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ÉLODIE MABILEAU, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE HENRY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELEURL POUVREAU	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	BOIS DE CENE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	L'ART DU CHEVEU PAR MAGALI RO'	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	2	LE JARDIN DE LA BARDONNIÈRE · CAMPING LE BOIS JOLI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,301 2023: 2,256 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,800 (2012) → 2,256 (2023): 25.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,232 (1990) → 2,256 (2023): 83.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,071, of which 7.2 % second homes and 4.4 % 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 (Bois-de-Céné): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bois-de-Céné): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bois-de-Céné): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bois-de-Céné): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bois-de-Céné): 0.3 km to the east (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, 15 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 15 km away at 2 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BOUIN, 8.9 km away at 3 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 — 85024/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85024/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85024/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85024/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85024
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
Bazouges Cré sur Loir	72	154 km NE	1,977	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Chouzé-sur-Loire	37	156 km E	2,132	60.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Méounes-lès-Montrieux	83	738 km SE	2,277	63.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Espelette	64	402 km S	2,155	71.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 7 %
Novalaise	73	607 km E	2,261	71.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Sixt-sur-Aff	35	94 km N	2,273	63.4	Served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sixt-sur-Aff	35	94 km N	2,273	63.4	Served	no figures
Bazouges Cré sur Loir	72	154 km NE	1,977	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Chouzé-sur-Loire	37	156 km E	2,132	60.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Espelette	64	402 km S	2,155	71.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 7 %
Novalaise	73	607 km E	2,261	71.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Méounes-lès-Montrieux	83	738 km SE	2,277	63.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · 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 Bois-de-Céné'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-Molf	44	65 km NW	2,870	59.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Quettreville-sur-Sienne	50	228 km N	3,167	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sallertaine	85	10 km SW	3,518	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plumelec	56	115 km NW	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Val d'Oust	56	111 km N	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Barthe-de-Neste	65	465 km SE	1,240	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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