Bouin

Vendée · CC Challans-Gois Communauté · INSEE 85029

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

Partly served 53.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouin (INSEE 85029) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Challans-Gois Communauté. Population 2,205 (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/85029-bouin

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 8,969 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	8.55
Social	0.86	20	17.27
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.47	10	4.72
Housing mix	0.6	5	3.02

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 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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 CHOCOLATINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket. ^[3,4]

3 × Fishmonger (LAMY ANNETTE · DUVAL GLORIA · OCEANIDE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (L'ECUME GOURMANDE · CAFE DU PORT DU BEC - LE MORD'EAU · ROTISSERIE DU PORC AU BEC · LA PELOSA · LE BAR A 8). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (AU COIN · CAFE DE RETZ). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DOMINIQUE CHARPENTIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE YVON-TRAINEAU). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BOUIN). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (GERALDINE COIFFURE · L'ATELIER D'IZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE MARTINET). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING À LA FERME L'ILE SAUVAGE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA CHOCOLATINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	3	LAMY ANNETTE · DUVAL GLORIA · OCEANIDE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	L'ECUME GOURMANDE · CAFE DU PORT DU BEC - LE MORD'EAU · ROTISSERIE DU PORC AU BEC · LA PELOSA · LE BAR A 8	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	AU COIN · CAFE DE RETZ	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SEBASTIEN LUNEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D'ARC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DOMINIQUE CHARPENTIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PAVAGEAU	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	BOUIN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE YVON-TRAINEAU	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	2	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BOUIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	GERALDINE COIFFURE · L'ATELIER D'IZA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LE MARTINET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING À LA FERME L'ILE SAUVAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday matin Place du Pavillon. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,146 peak 1982: 2,292 2023: 2,205 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,177 (2012) → 2,205 (2023): 1.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,268 (1990) → 2,205 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,407, of which 19.8 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 6.6 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 (Bouin): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bois-de-Céné): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Bouin): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bouin): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

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. ^[11]

Measured at the LE PERRIER weather station, 16.5 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 5 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 16.5 km away at 2 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOUIN, 0.7 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.bouin.fr/quotidien/vie-economique/marches/— “Les samedis matin, la pittoresque Place du Pavillon s'anime avec l'installation des primeurs, charcutiers, sauniers et poissonniers !”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85029
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
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	85	69 km SE	2,385	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Senones	88	690 km E	2,205	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Pont-Aven	29	164 km NW	2,777	63.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paulien	43	493 km E	2,439	61.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Grignan	26	607 km SE	1,596	58.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Roujan	34	567 km SE	2,336	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	85	69 km SE	2,385	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Pont-Aven	29	164 km NW	2,777	63.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paulien	43	493 km E	2,439	61.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Roujan	34	567 km SE	2,336	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Grignan	26	607 km SE	1,596	58.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Senones	88	690 km E	2,205	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · 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 Bouin'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
Le Perrier	85	17 km S	2,280	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Josselin	56	116 km N	2,584	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Cérences	50	220 km N	1,852	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Faou	29	220 km NW	1,911	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Caulnes	22	147 km N	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Malansac	56	81 km N	2,339	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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