Bourneau

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85033

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourneau (INSEE 85033) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 710 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 16,370 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.48	10	4.83
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (LA BONNE ETAPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE A L'OREE DES BOIS). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOURNEAU AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (A L'ORÉE DES MOTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFF'MOI · BOUCLE D'OR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	2	LA BONNE ETAPE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE A L'OREE DES BOIS	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	1	BOURNEAU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	A L'ORÉE DES MOTS	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	3	COIFF'MOI · BOUCLE D'OR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 717 peak 2012: 763 2023: 710 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 763 (2012) → 710 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 722 (1990) → 710 (2023): -1.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 12.9 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.8 km SFood shop — 4.8 km SWGP — 4.8 km SPharmacy — 4.9 km NE 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 (Pissotte): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sérigné): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pissotte): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vouvant): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bourneau): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.6

Days at or below 0 °C 35.3

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 10.6 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[12]

The village sits 71 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 10.6 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 71 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE COM, 8.4 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85033/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85033/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85033/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85033/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85305
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85033
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
Cazedarnes	34	460 km SE	682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Brouzet-lès-Alès	30	477 km SE	670	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Denis-d'Orques	72	170 km N	760	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Asprières	12	320 km SE	753	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière	34	457 km SE	698	38	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Grignols	24	193 km SE	667	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Denis-d'Orques	72	170 km N	760	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Grignols	24	193 km SE	667	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Asprières	12	320 km SE	753	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière	34	457 km SE	698	38	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Cazedarnes	34	460 km SE	682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 57 %
Brouzet-lès-Alès	30	477 km SE	670	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Bourneau'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-Denis-d'Orques	72	170 km N	760	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Thorée-les-Pins	72	143 km NE	744	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bayel	10	460 km NE	738	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Champigny-en-Beauce	41	204 km NE	594	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chanteloup-les-Bois	49	63 km N	734	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pouzay	37	119 km NE	867	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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